Me again. This paragraph of yours too:

“ The scariest part about not having kids, for me, is that I have to figure out my own way to matter. There is no life inherently relying on me, nothing in my day that reminds me, without doubt, why I’m here. It’s terrifying to trust yourself to create a meaningful path of your own. It’s confusing and challenging and exciting. Just like parenting, but different.”

Yes. Yes. And yes. You are absolutely right on.

Emily, I needed to highlight these two paragraphs of yours so that they will be in my Medium response feed forever. You speak to me THAT much on this huge topic ( hey, no bigly or uge jokes) 😀