Motherhood is hard. It regretfully does not come with a manual and no mother knows it all. No mother is perfect or can claim to have done everything right, every single time.

Motherhood is not an easy job. I love being a mom and my children have taught me to be more patient, stronger and loving.

It was a matter of small importance, but what it taught me about parenting and my daughter about talking with me, was huge.

Being a single mom is already difficult, without added health issues; if it weren't for my mother, I'm not sure how I'd have coped through pregnancy, delivery of my son, and after.

As feminist parents, we began our newborn daughter's life with deciding the important question of how to name her for both her parents; here's what we found out.