Kristy Kemp

I finished it in a few days! Couldn't put it down. She definitely did not shy away from her truth, but oddly her book related so much to my truth too. So many times I found myself saying, "Yes! Me Too!" This book has empowered me to have a mom life crisis of my own of sorts. I have been feeling this sort of stirring in my gut that life is more than just getting my kid to school on time and making sure my husband has clean clothes for work. What about me? Where is the person in my life filling my cup? Her book helped me realize that I don't have to wait around for someone to fill my cup because I'm more than capable of filling that cup myself. She talks about how she came to that realization and how she took action so that she may know what it even means to fill her cup up. By filling our own cup it doesn't necessarily mean we can't ask for help as that is part of it! Knowing when and how to ask for help is important! She discusses the struggle of motherhood and how she lost so much of herself, how that impacted her self worth, and her marriage. I think it can help a lot of women who are currently going through similar or went through it to realize that it doesn't make them a terrible human being so they do not need to allow guilt to eat away at them. I feel like this book would be beneficial for men to read as well because it gives amazing insight to feelings they probably never even knew existed and how to better understand them. Maybe her book can help a husband understand that if their wife changes after having a baby not to just assume the love and the romance is completely gone, just different. Which means you may have to do things differently from how you once knew them and that's okay!