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Created to Be More Than a Mother

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Accepting the Unexpected

Created to Be More Than a Mother

Sarah Styf
May 11, 2021
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Created to Be More Than a Mother

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In Accepting the Unexpected, I step away from writing about travel to comment on the bigger journey of life. While the topics may vary, the central theme is always the same: living life means learning to deal with the unexpected. I am a mother. I remember the first time the weight of that identification hit me with its full force. It was shortly after my daughter was born. I got a phone call from the pediatrician's office for her first infant well-check. When I picked up the phone, the question wasn't, "Is Sarah there?" It was, "Is this ____'s mother?"

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