Community
We hear so much buzz and conversation around the proverbial “village” in childrearing.
"It takes a village" is a popular proverb that conveys the idea that raising a child or addressing complex issues requires the collective effort and support of a community. The phrase emphasizes the importance of communal involvement, cooperation, and responsibility in various aspects of life. In the last few years many mom-influencers have come out on various social media platforms to discuss how difficult it is to find this village. In 2023, we have so many ways to search for this village. We have Facebook groups, yoga studios, playgroups, and the god-forbidden public-school PTA.
As women, we crave this village mostly because raising kids is hard- as- shit and sometimes our spouse just doesn’t fully understand what it’s like to be a mother in 2023.We deal with mom-guilt, work, addressing our physical and mental health while trying to run a business and house all at the same time. We deal with the immense social pressure to be the perfect mom and wife and it’s all just too damn much.
My family and friends are all about an hour away from me and although I’m sure some would kill to have that proximity, it still seems far and most days, I feel like I’m on an island alone. I can’t just drop by when I need a change of scenery from my 4 walls at home, we don’t have a babysitter close for a random date night and all that comes from having your people close by. We live in a neighborhood where the demo is retired so three isn’t a lot of kids to play with. I tried joining the PTA but found the most narcissistic women in the entire world and that was the nightmare of the century. Y’all it’s just HARD. My best friend Alex has been my person for the last 25 years and I wouldn’t survive motherhood without her, but we are in a long-distance relationship. Thankfully, we have technology like Marco polo to keep us connected on those hard days when I haven’t seen an actual human all day. Without her and our savior, Taylor Swift, I wouldn’t make it.
You guys, we need connection and community, we were not meant to walk this journey alone. Part of the why in starting this business was to foster and non-judgmental and welcoming community to all kids of mothers, not just the ones who walk and talk like me.
If you are here for it, lets walk together!