I barely remember not being a mom. Even more so, I barely remember my first six months as a mom. I blame it on two things: shock and sleep deprivation – not necessarily in that order. Parenthood is miraculous. It is joyful. It is one of the best things that will happen in your life. It is shocking. How in the world could you create something so beautiful? Another human being with ten fingers and ten toes? There are no answers. It is unexplainable. It is shocking – in the best of ways. And it is a whole heck of a lot of hard ...