An Enthusiastic Welcome

Welcome

 Hello! My name is Sarah and I have created this space to give you a place to find peace, community, solace, comfort, whatever you may need as you parent in the modern day. 

The modern day can be a sometimes confusing land and I know that I personally struggle with limits when it seems like everywhere you turn the limits are being stretched further and further. I have to remind myself that I do not need all of the latest gadgets, decor, and clothing, that the influencers on Instagram are showing us the highlight reel--snippets of their lives that are curated to look perfect, peppered with sponsored posts designed to make you feel like if you don't have that exact thirty-dollar wood and metal dustpan you aren't doing enough. Validation is really important in today's world and we have shifted to a collection of likes to find it. There is nothing wrong with satisfying this need, of course. We may not be finding it elsewhere. Putting one's energy into something that makes them feel whole, fills them with a sense of accomplishment or allows them to see and share the beauty in the world is a thing to be celebrated and I am here for it. It does not invalidate this belief, however to focus on limiting the social media I am willing to consume for my own mental health. I need to allow myself to breathe in with the posts that make me feel like a part of the greater community of parents doing all they can to raise adventurous, bright, fearless and strong children while still exhaling all of the burdensome feelings as well. 

As a mother, I know that what we need varies sometimes day to day, other times moment to moment. Many times all we really need is a moment. In this blog I will be sharing my moments. My hope is that you will find that across all parents, our moments are a lot alike. When you find yourself wrestling with a screaming toddler in a play space, wishing you could just get them out of there and into their car seat, I am with you. I have been there and in all likelihood will continue to be there again and again until toddlerhood is in the rearview mirror. And my hope is that I will be able to look back and remember not the stress of the situation, but the wonderful moments in between: the playmate that was not only willing to share her toys, but enthusiastically invited my child to join her and the car ride home in which a much-needed nap allowed me to center myself and reflect on how insignificant the tantrum is in the grand scheme of things. It was but a moment in time.

I now enthusiastically invite you to join me in this reflection and to share your own moments, positive or trying, and maybe together we can build a community that lifts one another up. From my heart to yours, welcome.

My oldest daughter Evelyn and me.