06/14/2022
Guys... I know I'm terrible at making new products at a steady and constant pace.
I know I'm not the best at posting alot of fun and exciting posts to keep my lovely followers entertained.
I know that my items aren't as perfectly made as what you can buy at the store.
I know that sometimes I seem sloppy and not in the least bit professional... and that's probably a pretty accurate description of me.
But here's why... I am MOM.
I'm mom before anything else.
I am constantly being pushed and pulled in different directions of motivation.
I'm being pushed to go outside and play. I am being pulled into the land of imagination. I am being pushed to go fun places. I am being pulled into interesting conversations. I am being pushed to try new things for dinner. I am being pulled to the couch for movie nights. I am pushed and pulled in the most beautiful, exhausting, loving, and chaotic ways... and I try as hard as I can to always go with the flow.
Motherhood starts from the conception of your first child until the day you take your last breath... and sometimes we think that's along time. Sometimes we think we have all the time... but what you don't realize is that "active" Motherhood gets less and less each passing day. They get a little bigger, a little smarter, and little more independent... until they don't need you to make the chocolate milk for them, or they don't need you to hold their hand up and down the stairs, or they don't need help reading that book, or tying their shoes, or picking out their clothes.
"Active" Motherhood ... where you are the most needed person in your child's life and they depend on you for everything, is fleeting. Each passing day it less and less... it gets closer to it's end.
So I go with the flow and sometimes get so wrapped up in being as available and present as I can be in this short window of "active" Motherhood, that I tend to fail at prioritizing other things.
Sometimes I get so busy with the kids that the things I want to do just seem to go undone. Sure people give me advice... that I am also Amanda and that I am so much more than a mom, and as nice as it is to hear I still know my most important role in this life is, my role as a mom. Yes I like to do things for myself, yes I need a break more often than I admit, yes I do other things and enjoy life outside of Motherhood.
But my favorite place to be is with my kids... my favorite thing to work on is my parenting... and my favorite part about myself is being a mom!
So be patient with me as I learn to incorporate my business into my Motherhood.
I thank you all so much for your love and support! None of this would be possible without you.
