It’s the very first installment of Tiny Tales — three small stories from regular life that somehow feel enormous in the moment.

First: the whiplash of watching your child greet their daycare bestie like a tiny executive … when you wiped their butt 14 minutes earlier.

Then: a confession about Sara’s true job title — Chauffeur — and her very reasonable belief that parents deserve a luxury car partition and 20 minutes of uninterrupted silence.

And finally: the surprisingly intimate, wildly under-discussed reality of motherhood — how often you will stick your finger into someone else’s nose … and the strategic manicure decisions that follow.

No big thesis. No tidy takeaway. Just the tension of this stage: they are deeply attached to you and steadily becoming their own person. You are their everything … and slowly, beautifully, not their everything.

Tiny stories. Big feelings. And the absurd, sticky magic of raising a human mostly on your own.

Want more? Follow @parentingpartyofone on Instagram. Have a topic to dive into, story to share, or question to ask? Email [email protected].

🎙 Hosted, Produced & Edited by: Sara Amin
🎨 Cover Art by: Esha Janssens-Sannon