The Definition of Success: Life Lessons In a Letter to My Children

The Definition of Success: Life Lessons In a Letter to My Children

As our third of four children prepares to leave home, I’m overcome with a quiet, profound joy.We’ve raised another decent, capable human being, and that, to me, is success. In a world that often defines worth by job titles and salaries, I’ve wrestled with my own sense of value as a mostly stay-at-home, sometimes-paid-to-work mom. My ambition has never been tied to promotions or paychecks. Instead, I’ve tried to model a deeper form of success: on…