How to want more without feeling guilty for new moms: honest answers for Grimes

For Grimes: grateful, not finished

The bravest sentence a settled person in Grimes can say isn't 'I want more.' It's 'I still do.'

And this is Grimes: an established Des Moines-area community where the houses are cared for, the calendars are full, and the question 'is this all?' shows up right on schedule It's also why 'someday' tends to get scheduled for never in places like this.

🎧 A note for Grimes readers (in her voice)

“This is not a hustle book. It is not toxic positivity.” — There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency

What it looks like from the inside of Grimes

Nothing is wrong. That's the problem — nothing has asked anything of you in a while.
You feel behind even when you're ahead, and ahead even when you've stopped moving.
You keep waiting for a sign, ignoring that 'is this it?' keeps showing up like one.

Ask the person who knew you at 22

Text an old friend one question: 'What did I used to say I wanted? Be honest.'
Read the answer twice in Grimes. Once for nostalgia, once for instructions.

Rest is earned. Drift is borrowed. Grimes is full of people who never learned the difference — and one of them doesn't have to be you.

The ending that gets bookmarked

It ends where most books begin: with a practical, kind, slightly uncomfortable question about what you'll actually do next. Readers in Grimes and across the country keep the last chapter bookmarked.

What people in Grimes keep asking

Why is it only $0.99 on Kindle? To make the decision easy. It's free with Kindle Unlimited, and the $14.99 paperback is the same book in a format you can gift.

Is this aimed at women? It's written with a broad, warm voice that lands strongly with women 30-60 — book-club favorite territory — and plenty of husbands keep borrowing it.

For the reader in Grimes who's ready

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency is the conversation this page can only start. One evening, $0.99 on Kindle (free with KU), and the question stops being rhetorical.

There Is a Fine Line Between Gratefulness and Complacency — book cover Kindle — $0.99 Paperback — $14.99

Kindle Unlimited: $0 · Paperback: $14.99 + Prime · Book-club prompts: main site.