Well, just as the blog name says, I am a new mama.  My daughter, Addison, is two years old but in the world of motherhood that makes me a mere baby to mothering.  I have learned so much over the past two years that has changed my life dramatically, but there is one thing in particular that I have learned about myself that I want to share with you as this blog progresses: I need a support system.  

It seems like there are new challenges and situations to face every day of being a mother that make me yearn to hear how other moms deal.  The last thing I want this to be is a gripe-fest of all the hardships that come along with being a mom, but I do want to be really honest about the reality of motherhood.  Addison is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me but I can also admit that there are days when I feel overwhelmed by the pressures coming from all angles.  I guess I can’t think of anything more positive than having a place to be completely honest about what day to day life as a mom is really like, and to have other moms there to support each other!  

So, let’s do that.  I promise to be completely honest with you about all the difficult, hilarious, smelly, wonderful, heart wrenching and heart warming moments that motherhood provides in my life.  You be there to laugh or sympathize or tell me I need to look at a problem from a different viewpoint.  Because strength grows from feeling supported, from that strength we find confidence and confidence is the GREATEST gift we can give ourselves – as mothers and as women.  

As my first dose of honesty for you I will tell you that I wrote four different posts before I settled on this one.  They all stayed in draft form because they felt too ‘preachy’, and I don’t want to talk AT you.  I want to have a conversation WITH you.  And I’ll tell you right now that I got my degree in creative writing so I have a tendency to get caught up in what I’m trying to say – just stick with me and I’ll always get to my point eventually, and I hope to make you laugh along the way!