Welcome to my blog! My plan is to write regularly about topics that are important to mothers. Sometimes my entry will be related to a story on the news, sometimes just some thoughts about mothering sparked by a conversation with friends, sometimes responses to comments from readers. I want to offer mothers a place to discover that they are not alone in this motherhood business. Even more important to me is to let mothers know that they are almost all better mothers than they fear they are. We all know the obvious things that mothers should never do - beat their kids, tell them that they are worthless, starve them or abandon them. Yet too many mothers think they are “bad” for far lesser actions.

I will argue against the idea that we are either “good mothers” or “bad mothers” - mostly, we are good enough mothers, and that’s what we should strive to be. Because when you get right down to it, good enough is good enough.

So tell me what you think, and offer suggestions for topics you’d like to read about in my blog. I want this to provide a forum for sharing ideas, joys, sorrows, and fears about motherhood.