Coffee and Crying

Sitting in my living room today, my best friend Priscilla and I realized that, as moms, our entire social hour together was filled with coffee, and crying.

We'd sip our Gloria Jeans chocolate flavored coffee, and talk, sharing every deep, dark and scary thought and feeling that we had. Things we had been holding in for weeks came bubbling up, and with each emotion came tears. Good tears, bad tears, and scared tears.

And more coffee.

We are each mothers with different family systems, and a wide variety of experiences, but what we have realized is this: as different as our paths can be, our emotions can be the same. More than once, we exclaimed to each other, hands shaking with relief as we clutched our mugs, "I didn't know anyone else felt this way!" And we felt better, knowing that we share so much.

And this blog was born. We want it to be a safe place for other mothers to come and rest a moment; to laugh; to feel that essential "me too!" feeling.

Coffee and crying. Join us on our journey.