It is trendy for women to talk about their “mom tribes” or “girl squads” – our closest group of friends who “get” what we’re going through and with whom we share the obscure details of our daily lives. I have to be honest, I use these terms myself…

I remember dropping off my two-year old daughter at the Lincoln Park Preschool on her first day, and being frozen. I walked her into the adorable school, hung up her coat in a bite-size cubbie, made some small talk with the teachers – and then…