It's not pretty. It's not for the faint of heart.
But it's who we are.
MANDY
Number of kids: 2 Partner in parenting: Brian Past life: Actress, director, print model, Hollywood wild child Current job: SAHM, yoga teacher Labor horror story: My natural-birth dream turned into a harsh 30-hr ordeal that included a hospital transfer, epidural, 10 hrs at 7 centimeters, and 2.5 hrs of pushing. Philosophy: Be mindful, even when you're freaking out. Especially when you're freaking out. |
ANNIE
Number of kids: 3 Partner in parenting: Lee Past life: Student of creative writing, bartender, world traveler Current job: Career in marketing, aka working mama with an hour commute Guilty secret: I let my kids watch way more TV than I say I do. Philosophy: As long as everyone is quiet, I don't care. |
LAYAH
Number of kids: 3 Partner in parenting: Roger Past life: Free spirited, world-traveling animal rescuer and women's activist Current job: Anxiety-prone over-sanitizing mom and yoga instructor to the loveliest seniors Labor horror story: My ass tore. Enough said. Philosophy: Starbucks and wine can turn the worst hurricane into a sun shower. |
Of course, who we are is also a lot more...
We are four women, 1-2-3-4, but we are so much more than that...mothers, daughters, teachers, students, 3 yogis and a runner, a recovering addict, trauma survivors, a Jew, a Catholic, an atheist, all spiritual in our own ways, a financially comfortable white girl, a worldly Latina, sisters who grew up in a poverty-stricken rustbelt town, a Ph.D. candidate and a college dropout, a director, a dancer, a bartender, a business woman, a nomad, an animal advocate... We rarely see each other and live mostly inside each other's phones, but we live and we share and we add up to something so much bigger than 1-2-3-4. So step inside the MOTY-verse. Use our strength today. Feel our power. Know our empathy. We will lift you.