This is a funny, insightful book that captures the absurdity, humor, and tenderness of girlhood, womanhood, and motherhood. This should probably be mandatory reading for anyone who knows anyone who is or may someday become a mother. ESPECIALLY people who love to give out unsolicitied and judgmental and fundamentally unhelpful advice. This book is for you to read with an open mind and to think about your life choices. And also for anyone who is or may someday be a mother. I’m a pretty self aware person, but I felt quite seen in this book, especially in the extensive, neurotic inner monologue wracked with mom guilt and all of the things. I also am quite certain that I will inadvertently do something at some point to at least one of my children that will also get me uninvited from one of their birthdays.

Taylor's ability to write with candid humor and heartfelt sincerity is second to none. She describes the experience so many thirty-something women face trying to navigate competing priorities at work and at home - and does so in a way that's both entertaining and also poignant. Her book and these stories will make readers feel seen, known, and understood in a way few memoirs can - weaving in genuine, lived experiences of working and living in the midst of busy seasons with the humor to ensure we don't take ourselves (or our responsibilities) too seriously in the process. Highly recommend!