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Oh, To Be Feminine
Mother’s Day 2026 was the first time in a really long time that I actually felt feminine and beautiful.
Don’t get me wrong, I often feel beautiful. I am often treated like a woman by my peers in public and private. But a piece of me has questioned my relationship to femininity more often than I’d like to.
motherhood + womanhood
There is intimacy in exploring motherhood alongside exploring self. I am happily and wholesomely raising a little lady, and yet, I am still becoming a woman. My introduction to motherhood did not start or end my exploration of womanhood. I am a woman first, after all.
Romanticized.
I want nothing more than to be in love. Not with a man. Not with a woman. Not with a substance, but with myself and my life. I want to be in love with who I am. If you’re single for Valentine’s Day 2026, read this.

