Suddenly, I'll Know

I expect that when I’m a mom, I’ll suddenly know everything there is to know about everything. I don’t really think that, but when I think about when I have kids and I’ll be responsible for answering their questions about like, the sun and bugs. Like when they go through their why phase… I don’t know! That’s just how it is! I don’t even know what I ate for breakfast yesterday, much less how butterflies are made from caterpillars or whatever else kids ask. I feel like my mom always had an answer for everything, am I going to get a manual when that happens? Like at the hospital will they be like ‘here’s the secret code, you’re in now’?” - Kelsey Aldinger, Craving Connection podcast episode 119, “Expectations in Motherhood”, 2019

- Kelsey Aldinger, mother to a 3 year old, 2024

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