Writing Prompt: Unbricking

In this month’s essay, Unbricking Jacinda Townsend writes, “I thought I loved chocolate. I thought I loved my college boyfriend’s butt. I thought I loved my fellow Black people. I thought I loved The Dave Matthews Band. But after the birth of my daughter, I discovered love at oceanic depths.”

Has motherhood altered your perceptions of your own place in the universe, of your parents, or of old passions? How has parenting added dimension, richness, and flavor to your life?