I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.
First accept sadness. Realize that without losing winning isn't so great.
My mom is in the navy and my dad works for the army but I never called them...
I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University.
