How I want to Help Busy Stay at Home Mamas with my blog.

I started this blog in hopes of inspiring other busy stay-at-home mamas like myself to find creative ways to stay organized, stay engaged, and connect with their little ones and in their love lives, all the while managing essential self-care. My goal is to allow my blog to become a place where mamas like myself can access resources that can help aid them in staying motivated through their motherhood journey. Here are five things I’m hoping to accomplish with my blog:

1. Help busy stay-at-home mamas find simple ways to stay organized and bring more joy to the home. Mamas wear so many hats and take care of many things in the course of a day. We are the cleaning service, the chef, the referee, the personal assistant, the teacher, the meal planner, the nurse, the activity coordinator, the emotional nurturer, the relationship coach, and well the list goes on from there. Well, this list can get rather overwhelming at times, and I’ve found that organizing my tasks for the day can help me stay motivated, stress-free, and prepared to take on the day. By no means is any day perfect, and at times our days can take an unexpected turn, but the organization can help bring a bit of joy to the day! Here on my blog, I’ll provide all the fun deets of how to stay organized as a busy mama while keeping up with balancing the happiness of your family.
2. Provide busy stay-at-home mamas with simple strategies and fun ideas on how to stay engaged with their children all the while taking care of home. By no means am I a perfect mama and I strive to do the best I can in supporting my children as much as possible. With a family of seven children, it can be a lot and I can easily get burnt-out. One thing I have learned for sure in this parenting thing is that we are our child(ren) #1 cheerleaders. They thrive on us being present between our workload and ensuring the household survives. What I’m saying is our children need us to be engaged, available, and accessible! They need to know that they are seen, heard, and supported. With this thought always at the front of my mind I had to learn to coordinate activities that contributed to supporting them in the way they needed for whatever stage their in and make sure I don’t get so burnt-out in the long run. In my blog, I will share some simple strategies and fun ideas that busy mamas can entwine in their busy schedules to aid in staying engaged with their little ones.
3. Provide easy-to-follow guides and tips on how to keep the spark in your marriage. It can get super busy in our roles as parents. We can easily get so caught up in our daily routines of taking care of our children and workloads that we forget to take time and focus on the love that brought this family together in the first place. It’s important to carve out time for you and your spouse/significant other. Believe it or not, marriage needs maintenance from time to time to restore and truly thrive. Spending time with one another on a regular basis rekindles & keeps the spark alive. I’m super excited to share with you special ideas you can recreate with your love that will allow you both to refresh.
4. Help busy stay-at-home mamas develop their own sense of self-care.
   It is in a mother’s nature to prioritize family before anything else, ensuring everyone is taken care of, even to the extent of her own health. Let me tell you, that mom guilt is REAL! I struggled with the mom guilt of leaving my little ones, even if it was a 10-minute break. I mean, someone needs you and relies on you to be there, and you want to be there at their disposal. It’s hard hearing my baby cry for me when I’m going to the next room or when I hear them say, “mommy, please don’t leave me,” or “can I go with you.” It’s important to us moms to be there for our little ones. Although we won’t admit it, it gets very overwhelming, draining, and makes us tiresome. My husband once asked me how can you expect to take care of your children when you haven’t taken the time to care for yourself. For example, he asked me what do the flight attendant tell you when they give instructions in case of an emergency? The flight attendant instructs you to grab your oxygen mask and put it on you first so that you can have the strength to help someone else put theirs on as well. What good are you if you run out of oxygen first!?!? You can’t be and won’t be able to help anyone else survive the day. At that moment, I had to choose myself first for once to refuel and pour back into myself to have the strength to take care of my little ones. It’s still not easy, but I’ve found some self-care resources that have helped me stay consistent and helped me manage to push through the guilt. And I’ll share those resources with you here on my blog so that you can develop your own sense of self-care tactics.
5. Write a weekly blog post to help busy stay-at-home mamas on their journey
   I want to build a blog community that benefits mamas (parents) with resources to help them navigate motherhood. I plan to post regularly to share all the strategic tips, guides, and ideas that are relatable. I’m hoping this blog makes it easier for mamas to find related information to read or learn about that will help influence healthy ways to manage their journey.
   The content I am creating for this blog is also a way of therapy for myself and finding coping mechanisms that will positively aid in providing a support system as I navigate life as a mama of seven. It has often been said, “It takes a village to raise a child,” and I believe this is one creative way to aid in forming that “village”. I’m hoping that in sharing this content it will nurture a community for other mamas to feel surrounded by support with the content shared and in knowing that you’re not alone in this journey. This can be a growing place full of expressing stories, ideas, laughs, up & downs, and overall a site that helps us become more reflective in our learning and grow us to be the best mamas we can be!