For years, I had been walking around with what most people thought was a wild idea: I wanted to live with another mom and raise our kids together. Two years ago, that idea finally became real. I live in New York City with my best friend Anabelle Gonzalez, and, together, we’re raising our three children as a family of five. I’m the mother of two sons—Marcos, 9, and Nicholas, 4—and Anabelle has a 7‑year‑old daughter, Sophia. We call what we’ve built a mommune: part "mom," part "commune," and