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This is my daughter. The child who made me a mom.

This is my daughter. The child who made me a mom. The child who taught me love deeper than what I knew existed.
The truth is... she almost wasn't.

For years, I was that girl who proclaimed I didn't want children. I came up with tons of reasons but the real reason was fear.

Thankfully, I didn't let fear get in the way of the best gift I have ever been given - motherhood.

You see. Fear is a tricky emotion. It can keep us safe and comfortable BUT if we aren't careful it can also paralyze us and keep us from going after what we want.
If you have pregnancy fears, parenting fears, or any type of fear, ask yourself...Is this fear keeping me safe or stuck?
If it's keeping you stuck, it may be time to do the thing that scares you. ↠Decide fear will not stop you from pursuing your dreams or your purpose.
I have no doubt my daughter was supposed to be here. She is teaching me how to be a better person and a better mom.

One of the things I heard consistently before I go

One of the things I heard consistently before I got pregnant, while I was pregnant, and after I gave birth was that motherhood is hard. And, I could not agree more.

What should follow that sentiment is that WE can do hard things. ↠We can be productive during pregnancy.
↠We can give birth to our babies.
↠We can be emotional and strong.
↠We can make difficult decisions.
↠We can manage family life and work life.
↠We can choose to be a homemaker.
↠We can go back to school.
↠We can start businesses and movements.

Basically, motherhood is hard BUT we can do hard things. This I know for sure.

What hard thing have you had to do since becoming a mom?

Knowing and believing I could be an exceptional mo

Knowing and believing I could be an exceptional mom was easy once I laid my eyes on my daughter.
How could I not give my all to this human being that I had been gifted?
How could I not try to be the best version of myself?

Motherhood is an opportunity to the world through a new lens and be more than we ever knew we could become.
I'm proud to be able to lift her up as we continue on this life journey together.
#thisisthebestgift #momlife #motherhood #damngoodmom

1 Peter 5:10 Some of the growing pains of mom life

1 Peter 5:10
Some of the growing pains of mom life can sometimes feel like suffering. It doesn't mean we aren't thankful to be moms. It means we have challanges.
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Thankfully, we have this promise from God. He will restore, support and strengthen us and then give us the tools/foundation we need to be amazing moms. .
#motherhood #mom #strength #postpartumdepression #postpartum

Motherhood can sometimes reveals cracks that we d

Motherhood can sometimes reveals cracks that we didn't know were there.

Cracks in knowledge.
Cracks in stability.
Cracks in our armor.

It's nothing to be ashamed of. Moms are always learning and growing. The biggest disservice is when we compare ourselves to others, especially when we will never 100% know another mama's circumstances.

We are meant to be the best moms we can be for the individual children we have been gifted. That is all.

We can use knowledge, love, and support to fill the cracks.
#momlife #motherhood #inspiration #moms

Today if asked how I would describe motherhood, I'

Today if asked how I would describe motherhood, I'd say "High Waist Jeans". Before motherhood took my body and stretched her and changed her and made gravity heavier, I wore low rise jeans.

Now...I'm a high waist mama and I love it. Life is high waisted with new boundaries.
-No hang overs
-Control of the things I need to handle
-Available for new adventures.

Are you a high waisted mama too?

#momlife #motherhood #momjeans

#momlife #motherhood #highwaistmomlife

The one thing I wish every pregnant mom or mom-to-

The one thing I wish every pregnant mom or mom-to-be would realize is that we have choices.
Given there are no complications, we have a choice in how we birth, where we birth, and who is part of our birth.

Of course, our choices should stem from thoughtful and informed decision making but letting someone else take control of one our most valuable experiences is a mistake.

To ensure this doesn't happen, it's important to surround ourselves with people, providers, doulas, friends and family who can advocate for us.

Women are strong and capable. We need support not overtaking.

#strength #motherhood #pregnancy #choice

Dear Mama, Imagine what you can accomplish when y

Dear Mama,

Imagine what you can accomplish when you believe you are enough.

There are often many voices telling us or showing us that they believe us to be inadequate but honestly, the voice that gets in our way the most is our own.

We start to believe we are inadequate.
We focus on what we don't have.
We limit ourselves.

I'm guilty of this:

I've thought "Who am I to be a mom, a chemist, a teacher, a business owner, a creator?" I've thought I wasn't good enough. Yet each time (with failures and shortcoming along the way), I learned that I am enough.

And... I believe you are too!

Even if you don't believe right now. Go after your goals and I'm betting you'll surprise yourself.

Why?

Because, as I said earlier, "You've always been enough", even if you never knew it or believed it.

#moms #motherhood #selflove #goals #momlife #mama

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