The Magic of Motherhood: The Good Stuff, the Hard Stuff, and Everything In Between - Hardcover

Motherhood can often feel overwhelming and isolating. Your feelings swing between joy and uncertainty, intense love and anxiety, laughter and tears. Through it all, you ask yourself, Am I the only one who feels this way? From Ashlee Gadd and the writers behind the popular blog Coffee + Crumbs comes a beautiful reminder of your identity, both as a woman and a mother. In this book, you'll find heartwarming essays about identity, adoption, body image, miscarriage, friendship, faith, infertility, and more. This curated collection of honest stories weaves together the love, joy, and magnificent heartache of motherhood. Instead of offering advice, the writers offer something even better: their hearts. Essays from Ashlee Gadd of Coffee + Crumbs and its contributors will reassure you that you're not alone. This book is a love letter to mothers everywhere; it's a story about the magic that happens between calm and chaos, the joy that can be found in both beauty and mess, and the valuable lessons we learn about ourselves in between cups of reheated coffee and kitchen tables covered in crumbs. Find a new strength, beauty, and sisterhood you never believed possible in The Magic of Motherhood, an inspiring and encouraging book written for an imperfect, trying-her-best mom just like you.

Ashlee Gadd is a wife, mother, writer and photographer from Sacramento, California. When she's not dancing in the kitchen with her two boys, Ashlee loves curling up with a good book, lounging in the sunshine, and making friends on the Internet. She loves writing about everything from motherhood and marriage to friendship and faith. Running Coffee + Crumbs is her dream job, x 100.