Michelle & Dawson
I got a text from a friend who is self employed but found herself taking care of a baby for a week.
She had failed to respond to a text I sent earlier in the week, so she was checking in. It wasn’t anything urgent; I just needed to follow up about a client to settle a debate. Since text is the new email (yes, I say this often), it wasn’t something I needed an immediate response to. If I did, I would have done the communication bomb which consists of text, call, text, text again with a dozen emojis, text a friend to text that friend, call, then a Facebook message until she called me back. Ah, communication.
Well, I didn’t bomb her with texts. I waited. Once she was baby free, she texted back apologizing for the delay and said she has a newfound respect for Moms with businesses. She didn’t get how we can have clients, family, social lives and sanity at the same time. My reply, “We don’t.” At least never all at the same time. Usually something has to go. It’s usually us…sadly. The ball can definitely get dropped on getting ready, responding to email (or any other form of communication) and being on time to everything. Oh, and definitely the laundry. Yeah, laundry is the worst. Juggling is the hardest thing. Especially when our kiddos are still at home with us and they really don’t care about what other things we are supposed to be doing that day.
Her response was,
“Either way, moms are awesome.”
I won’t argue with that.
That’s why I love sessions that celebrate motherhood.
Motherhood is a crazy job. A beautiful, amazing, drive you nuts, teach you a ton of things about yourself you never knew, super special and rewarding kind of job. It’s worthy of celebrating, documenting and supporting in any way we can. Cheers to the Mommas. We’re making it happen one crazy amazing day at a time.
