What builds YOUR Momentum?
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Tap … tap … tap … is this thing on? Oh, thank you. Please. Hold your applause. First of all I want to thank all of our readers out there. Without you, Southern MOMentum would not exist.
To my blog partner, Anne, who has put up with my endless, off-the-wall ideas of emailing Oprah or the Today Show to inform them that we are, no doubt, the next best thing in the world of mommy mayhem.
And of course, I’d like to thank my parents, who would continue to encourage me if I told them was creating a time machine.
And to my wonderful husband, who, bless his heart, has had a years worth of ideas bounced off of him & could “mom talk” with the best of us.
And last but not least, to the academy … who, without them … (Ahem.) Ok, thanks for humoring me for a moment.
I know I get a little carried away but today just so happens to be a BIG deal! It is post #99. This is the post where I share my most heartfelt gratitude to our 200+ followers, our advertisers and our 1,000+ weekly visitors. Eight months of countless hours of brainstorming, wondering if we were just writing “mom stuff” for the heck of it!
And what did I get in return? Well, let’s see … how … about … the most personal satisfaction and fulfillment I have ever felt in my professional career. Yes, really! Not just because of the readers (although that is a HUGE part of it). It is because each and every day I am doing what I love. There is something exhilarating about finding that ONE “thing” that you are passionate about and running with it.
One year ago, this blog was just a dream and a journal full of scribble-scrabble (that’s one of my daughter’s favorite words). Last December, Anne & I put up post #1 and toasted to a journey and commitment to find ourselves and to somewhere along the way, inspire someone else in the process. We did it because we were passionate about creating a place where we can share our insecurities and imperfections as a community of moms — without guilt and judgment. And there is nothing I love more, than to laugh at stories of when our children manage to drive us to the brink of insanity.
Now it hasn’t been all peaches and cream. There were no shortage of days when I ask myself “who the hell do I think I am, expecting moms to take time out of their busy days to read what we have to say — allowing us to inspire them or at the very least give them a good chuckle or make them feel as if they are not alone in crazy mommyland” … Fortunately, those were the days my son would pull THIS out of his backpack.
Or my daughter would come home from camp with THESE.
You can bet when the word “momentum” appears on their spelling tests, they will not bat an eye.
Somewhere along the road my passion for this blog has spilled out onto my family. And to my surprise, I found that THEY were a huge part of the momentum. Although I get it from other places like my amazing circle of friends and my new blogger gal pals — at the end of the day, it is my family that keeps me going.
So today, on post #99, I challenge you to find out what builds YOUR momentum. Dig deep to find that little or big “something” that keeps you going every day. Do you get it from those little faces that peer up over the bed at 6 am? Is it a book or career-in-the-making that makes you happy? Is it the girlfriend who shares a laugh with you when you are ready to jump ship? Insane as it can be, Mommyhood looks good on you … be comfortable in its skin!
We hope that you find your “thing” that pulls you from the rubble on the days that are less than glamorous and we would be humbled and honored for you to be a part of our MOMentous journey!
If you already know, share it with us!
… now on to post #100!
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August 24th, 2010 at 10:41 am
Thanks so much for stopping by! I’m following you back!