Celebrating ourselves as mothers is a great twist on the “downplay it all and stay demure” theory of womanhood that many of us grew up with. So often everyone is so completely immersed in their own lives (even our best of friends, our children, our spouses, our extended families) that you have to celebrate and share those achievements that matter most to you. Most of my friends would have no idea that I had a new book come out this August until I held a “birthday bash” for my book with a baby announcement declaring it’s weight at birth (570 pages) and gestation period of 2 years! My friends poured out to laugh and celebrate and toast me, and I was proud to share something that had consumed me to research, write, and perfect quietly on my computer while doing hundreds of interviews with parents. For that one night with my friends, I felt like a goddess, and was so glad to “boast” by telling them what I had achieved. Sometimes, you just have to celebrate yourself, and there is everything right about it. Your friends and family who love you will bask in your accomplishment, and you will feel a sense of community, love, and wondrous elation that would never come about without you throwing your own party!

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