Getting older has its advantages.  One plus is that after having passed through the years of motherhood when my children were little, I can reflect with a little more insight.  Sometimes looking at motherhood through the rear view mirror (my mistakes) gives a better perspective. I certainly don’t have all the answers (who does?), but as I reflect on my own mothering years, and watch and listen to young moms, I have a different perspective.  When I was experiencing it myself there were days when I felt like I was drowning.  Now I stand on the shoreline to throw you young moms a rope of encouragement.