Seeking sanity, finding community

How taking care of myself during the 4th trimester opened up my world

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and I’ll be honest, that adage is one of the myriad of reasons I felt ambivalent at best about becoming a mom. Village? In THIS economy?

By the time I was 13, the metaphorical walls around my home were so high and impenetrable that going to school or even a jog around the neighborhood park felt like I was pa…