On a recent podcast, Jen Fulwiler—author, comedian, and mother of six—said something that stopped me in my tracks."God, I love being a mom," she said with the kind of unselfconscious joy that you don’t hear often enough in our culture. She went on: "I was so alone my entire life. I finally have my friends. I finally have my community that I never had. They’re my friends and my squad and it’s so wonderful."That line—the squad part—hit me like a wave. Because I knew exactly what she meant.Jen has always been an inspiration to me. I was pregnant with my