Last week I posted my 52nd blog post. Every week for the last year I have craved out time to write down something to make a blog post. I never thought I would make it for a whole year and the support I have received has exceeded all my wildest expectations. So many wonderful new people have entered my life through this experience and we have developed so many wonderful new connections. During 2020 I was feeling extremely isolated from all of the usual mom groups. I only had one mom that I was able to have isolated play dates together. I had lost all my resources as a mom of three crazy girls. I decided to start blogging to help myself appreciate all the mess that my girls create in my life. On this journey I discovered that I am not the only Messy Mom.
Social Media is a crazy world. Until I started my blog I resisted everything that came with social media. The only thing I had was facebook which was solely used to show my aunts cute pictures of my girls because they live away from us. Once I decided to start my blog I knew I was going to have to break into the big scary world of social media. Quickly I found that there were so many people, especially parents, that were willing to help me. Rather than feeling that it was a cut throat world, it turned out to be an amazing world of solidarity for moms and parents alike. Mom groups on Instagram immediately started supporting me in all my endeavors. They all started sharing my stuff and showing fellowship that we were all going through the same experiences. The parent humor on Twitter is out of this world. They have taken me in and given my platform so much more visibility. Facebook has allowed for so many more eyes to come into contact with my mommy musings. It has been a wild ride but I feel so much love and validation from the people that I know support me and who I have never even met in person.
Messy is part of my world. After connecting with all these wonderful new people I have come to realize that Messiness is part of everyone's world. I love that I am able to build a community where we all feel safe to be our authentic selves. Every week I encourage people to show their mess with #RealMessyMom . Every week I am proud of all the parents that are embracing their mess and loving it. Every week I am blown away by the authenticity that these awesome people share. Loving that life is messy was one of my main goals of this blog. I can now see that I am not the only person with that goal and I support everyone who is working toward the same end. It takes a village to survive raising children and I have discovered that sometimes that village can be virtual too.
Thank you to everyone that has ever read even one word that I have written. Thank you to everyone that has ever shared or liked any of my posts. Thank you to everyone that has followed on any of my platforms. I sincerely cannot express how much I am blown away by all of you on a daily basis. Seeing us all share this journey that we are on together is a beautiful thing. I promise that I will keep showing you my REAL mess and I look forward to seeing all of yours too. I promise that I will keep sharing my frustrations with my children and I will find solidarity in yours too. I promise that I will keep trying everyday to be a better human and mom and I can't wait to see your wins too. Thank you all for a wonderful first year and keeping reading for the second. It is only going to get REAL Messier from here.
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