The Perfect Job...Working on being an Amazing Mother and Woman

I am really enjoying finding a whole new side of myself since I have become a Mom. I have really been discovering what makes me happy and it is not the things that I used to think would. I always knew I wanted to be a Mom, but I never realized how inspiring and fulfilling it would be. I am much more confident now and feel like I really am finding the joys in life.

I have rekindled my love for creating, which has been presenting itself in scrapbooking, cooking and baking, photography, and a new found love: jewelry making (thanks Tammy for getting me started :) You are the best!

I also want to start making quilts, refinishing old furniture (which I have done before), and learning to sew. Now, I know a lot of people might think that this sounds a little over-the-top homemaker, etc- but it is really what I have yearned to be able to do my whole life. I have had many wonderful woman in my life as role models for this. As I was thinking about it, I really start thinking about my mom a lot (and all the fun we would have baking together when I was little and how my mom would sew and made a really cool poodle skirt for me and my sisters) and it is just a really cool thing to look at life and motherhood in a whole new light. She taught me the importance of having a career (in case it is necessary to support yourself and your family), but life is so much more than that. I am so thankful to have the opportunity to experience being a full time mother.

I also have thought about my Grandma Sims, who is an amazing quilter and I want to be able to be 1/2 as good as she is at the craft. I wish we lived closer to be able to quilt together.

Also my Great Aunt Mary, who is still growing a garden and writing, and creating. I am feeling really fulfilled in life right now, and think that this is key to being a great Mother. I feel so proud to be able to include Madilyn in all the great things and good feelings that being a woman (and being surrounded by great woman) can bring to your life. I am also proud to be able to share it with all the amazing women in my life! Here's to all of you!