'Why' The Art of Motherhood
The idea came to me whilst I was on maternity leave with my youngest child. A lot of my time was spent inside my head and I was using journaling as a way to offload and make sense of this equally rewarding, overwhelming and draining stage of life. At times I felt isolated. Through my writing I was able to make sense of my experiences and sometimes created a bit of much needed humor out of the day to day challenges of newborn, pre-schooler and teenager, not to mention all my expectations around being the mother and wife I want to be. In my return to work I continued to gravitate towards high demanding roles and then set out on my own business venture which grew to take on 6 other partners. The constant juggle of motherhood and career demands had me realise that rather than juggle I need to look at life in its entirety. I am me. My Art of Motherhood reflects that journey. There are no rules here, no role I need to live up to. This blog aspires to allow me to be me, to embrace my raw thoughts, insights and vulnerabilities.
Putting myself out there for others to have an opinion of me, my thoughts, my actions, my life, may well be one of my greatest fears. It is only recently in doing some work on myself and this constant need to be perfect and ‘succeeding’ that I finally realised the truth. The connection point for us all, comes from not accomplishments but the raw truthful reality. In my bid to be honest with myself I recognise that it is time to now make something of My Art of Motherhood. To share this crazy, hard beautiful journey of work, life and motherhood. So here I am.
