Tell It Like It Is Tuesdays

I’m currently writing a book on young motherhood. Perhaps you’ve heard about it by now.

In writing this book, I realize that simply writing what I know and what I think isn’t going to cut it. I only have one viewpoint and the book (which is a mix of “Girl, tell me about it” and “I wish I knew this earlier”) would really benefit from the voices of all the fabulous young moms I’ve come to know and love over the past year.
 
I plan to gather 75-100 young moms to give advice on everything from breastfeeding to picking a babysitter, to getting along with your significant other after the baby comes.

I want to talk to single moms, college moms, teen moms, engaged moms, moms who were engaged but broke it off after the baby came. I want rich moms, not-so-rich moms, career-oriented moms, moms who focus on the kids at home, moms who work at home. I want black moms, white moms, Latina moms, Asian moms.

I want this to be a book that ANY young mom who is serious about making the most of this journey called motherhood can pick up and enjoy.   

You all have powerful stories to tell. I just want you to be as real and as casual as possible. This will really help the book sing! Hated breastfeeding? Say so. Wish you had taken that out-of-state job offer? Tell me about it. I want you to tell me what you feel. Don’t worry about how you write. Just write from the heart.

If you’d like to join me, that’s lovely!  I’ll need you to fill out my initial survey, to get information about your situation. (For example, I don’t want to ask you questions about juggling motherhood and college work if you’ve never been to college.)
 
Here’s the first survey.
 
Every Tuesday for the next few weeks will be “Tell It Like It Is Tuesdays.” I will send out an e-mail with questions for that week and you can answer them anytime between then and the following Tuesday. If someone has an answer that could be explained a little further, I will contact you for some follow-up questions. 

Again, let me just say, you all are the best. I have never been so inspired, so awed, so confident that I can do anything since meeting such a wonderful group of women.
Here we go!