I Said I Would Never Focus My Writing on Motherhood, But . . .

I’ve been a mom for basically five minutes.

A lot has changed since I birthed E into the world. Life has been different in the best ways possible. If you asked me what I wanted to be when I was 7 I probably would have told you that I wanted to be a mother. I was made for this and I love it.

But . . .

Someone once told me that we are born as mothers the day we press our baby’s souls into the world with our labor and love. We think our babies are being born, but really, we both are.

I didn’t like that idea.

I thought it meant I would have to shed who I already was to be reborn as a woman with a child.

But that wasn’t true.

Instead of losing myself, the best parts of me exploded like a star and sent glitter through my life. The darkest parts also grew darker but that’s a post for another time.

I became more ME than I’d ever been before. I grew bold and fierce. I began to stand up for myself in ways I never did before.

I like the new me but the new me’s life has been forever altered. There will always be me before E and me after E.

I am a mother now, and as such, my writing has followed suit. I am giving birth to more motherhood stories, moments, and encouragement.

Yes, I am still working on new fiction books to release in the future, but this blog is going to feature mostly motherhood now.

Thank you for taking this journey with me.