He came home yesterday at lunchtime, all groggy and tired, to get some much needed sleep and by evening he was on his way again to the hospital for another round of 2 weeks’ duty at the covid ward.Ī friend who I haven’t seen for ages got mildly infected with the virus and became my son’s patient in the isolation unit. On top of that, he was given another 2 straight weeks of duty at the hospital’s isolation unit. With the resurgence of infections a month ago, we didn’t get to see him again for 2 weeks straight because he was assigned once more to the covid ward. “These are real women with real stories and I think any woman could relate to these stories,” she says of the anthology.Writing a prescription for his Papa’s medicines before going back to duty. Ultimately, she says as much as everyone has their own story, so many themes are universal and by sharing their stories, moms can feel connected, even from afar.

“I think it’s now just finding a passion about what I can contribute outside of my 9 to 5,” she adds of her new ventures. The mother of three also started working with Cornerstone Family Violence Prevention Centre in Cobourg, using her past having lived in a battered women’s shelter as a child as well as having been in an abusive relationship herself, to connect with and provide encouragement to other women in a similar position. “Truthfully, I wanted to leave a legacy for my kids,” Tuach says, adding that her writing is just one part of her journey of self-discovery and fulfilment. Sharing what the dynamic of her family looks like, especially with two stepbrothers who are very close in age, is a way let moms with similar stories know they are not alone, as well as documenting her own life is a lasting way. “I think so many times mom’s feel alone or there are conversations that just aren’t being had.” “I feel like there is a lot of praise for stepfathers who step up, but not the same for step-moms,” she says, adding that it is a delicate balance of loving and treating the stepchild like your own while still respecting and helping foster the relationship with their biological mother. She calls herself a ‘bonus mom’ to her stepson, as she and her husband each brought one child to the marriage before having a third boy together. However, in evaluating her life during the pandemic, Tuach, who is in veterinary sales, realized she had a unique story to tell and that she wanted to make the most of her experiences and make her children proud by expanding her horizons. She didn’t consider herself a writer after all, even though she did have some of her poetry published in her younger days and was an avid reader. Tauch never pictured her interest going beyond that.

Tuach started as a fan, following The Mom Babes, sisters Carolyn and Christina from B.C., on social media and listening to their podcast then reading their first anthology. “I think the starting point of that was COVID honestly, just being home and literally watching the world change before my eyes,” she says. Jennifer Tuach will soon become a published author with a chapter in The Mom Babes: A motherhood anthology expected out this spring. The pandemic has brought with it tough times for a lot of people, but in that hardship, one Baltimore mom found opportunity.

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