Tag: being-a-mom

• I love my child. I do not love playing pretend.

  

  There, I said it. I really struggle with playing pretend, and if you’ve ever been corrected by your child mid–tea party, you know exactly why. I know some of you are going to come for me with pitchforks and torches. But I am sure there are just as many of you thinking “finally someone said…

  Alana Santarelli

  May 2, 2026

  Fueling Motherhood

  life, family, toddlers, love, playing-pretend, being-a-mom, playtime, play