So here's the thing. I play a number of roles in this theatre of life, and one of the biggest ones is my role as a mother. I think it's probably the most important job I'll ever do. So I think about it. A lot. I spend a lot of time considering how I will handle situations that are sure to arise in my children's future (adolescence, driving, their own facebook pages...), and I also spend a fair deal of time agonizing about how I handled situations that have already taken place (sleep, feeding, picking on younger siblings, quitting the... More »