As I write I'm just a few days away from my son’s second birthday. It has definitely gone slower than the first year, but it still has gone pretty quickly.

I’m trying to do better at savoring the moments and not letting them pass me by. Looking back on my first year of parenting, I do regret that I was so anxious and not able to experience the joy as fully.

Entering parenthood is such a monumental and confusing event. There are so many opinions everywhere you turn. But perhaps what haunted me the most was knowing what a huge impact I was going to have on this new, tiny person in my life. It’s quite frightening to be honest. 

I’m not talking so much about those early days,  but rather as he got older and understood more. I had the perfect little boy an...

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