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She was writing about how it feels when you believe that you, as the mother, must be absolutely everything to your child, and that you can have nothing else in your life. It's easy to believe this. After all, you "chose" to have a child, and that "choice" eliminated the choices to ... go out to dinner with a girlfriend; sleep at night; visit your parents; see a movie; ask anyone for help; ad infinitum.

Some people apparently succeed at this, which puts extra pressure on all the rest ... except when you actually get to know the "models," they're on antidepressants.

But who's going to feel sorry for this world-traveling mother with one kid?

Someone with compassion?

I'm sorry, but this woman obviously has found a way to enjoy an incredibly full life AFTER she had a kid. She's proving that all the troubles she had when her son was born have been easily tossed aside and she can travel the world in order to find herself. So if she can do it, why can't others? Just follow her advice, and POOF! No more worries. Of course, that's nonsense. This particular woman has the means to live like this while many, many others do not.

And yeah, children are a choice. I live in NYC. I know plenty of people who will never have kids and they are fine with that decision. And I know people with kids who never should have had them.