In 2014 I heard the term “mom tribe” for the first time.
Of my very few girlfriends, only a handful were what you would consider close relationships. Even fewer yet were mothers. I’d had no reason to be familiar with that term up until then, because before a cold morning in December, I’d had no use for mom tribes.
Just like most new moms, I struggled in the beginning. I had questions, I felt inadequate, and I wondered more often than not if I was even cut out for all of this. Continue reading