• While I was off traveling and getting an advanced degree, most of my friends were having kids. • Some of them are dropping kids off at college while I'm still in the grade school pick-up line. • I started my family in my 30s, which means younger moms have become my allies — and friends.

In my 20s, I watched my friends raise their families.

I sipped a margarita while their kids had bedtime tantrums, and provided moral support as they folded the mounds of dirty cloth diapers and onesies. I watched them parent and juggle the responsibilities of work, meal prep, and taking care of the home.

While I was busy not settling down, most of my friends already had — and they'd been moms for nearly a decade by the time I had my first child.

Life experience and education gave me a lot, but cou

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