NTEN - ep. 9

Happy Mom, Happy Kid: A Mutiny!

Show Notes

For this episode, we welcome Zelmira Crespi, Vanessa’s sister-in-law, mother of five and co-author of Happy Mom, Happy Kid. She tells of her journey into motherhood and what it was like to learn, in your late twenties, that your first born would have Down Syndrome. We talk about the blessing, chaos, madness and method of big nests, and what it means to not lose yourself inside them. Meanwhile, our kids decide to mirror the subject of the episode and barge at our door, barnacle up against us, and challenge the quiet of the episode. We even have a little bit of an echo in this one. Alas! That’s… reality, as Yoda mom says.

What is Never The Empty Nest?

This is a podcast about family, led by two sisters and their mom.

An experiment in generational nesting which is, in essence, the ways in which family holds together throughout the lives of its members, their joys, their hardships, their care, their living, breathing roots, and legacies in the making. It’s never too early or too late to add a twig to the nest and roost!