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Mom life & Creative Identity

Where motherhood and creativity meet. These personal essays and reflections explore what it means to nurture your gifts while raising a family. Unfiltered and honest, this space holds room for duality, transition, and the rhythm of evolving identity.

What’s Not for Public Consumption?
Mom life & Creative Identity

What’s Not for Public Consumption?

I decided to get into some peopley things, but nothing…

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An Intimate Micro-Wedding To Remember
Mom life & Creative Identity

An Intimate Micro-Wedding To Remember

The cat is out of the bag! On October 1st…

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BIG PRINCESS ENERGY โšก๏ธ baby had to let her dad BIG PRINCESS ENERGY โšก๏ธ
baby had to let her daddy know that Girlhood is SERIOUS business ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ˜‚ @jeide8track 

#newyearseve #ส™สŸแด€แด„แด‹ษขษชส€สŸแดแด€ษขษชแด„ #creativemomdiaries #girlpower
if i knew then what i know now โœจ๐Ÿ’œ what's some if i knew then what i know now โœจ๐Ÿ’œ
what's some advice you would give to your younger self?

#selflove #phillycreative #thecolorduchess #selfawareness
not me sewing a pocket on my skirt 5 minutes befor not me sewing a pocket on my skirt 5 minutes before i have to depart ๐Ÿฅด
Iโ€™ve been putting off retwisting my hair, but I Iโ€™ve been putting off retwisting my hair, but I finally got to it. it took 4 hours one day, 6 hours the next. 
i had intentions to capture my whole process on camera and get some good content. 

but see, ol girl consistently kept bringing me pretend tea and running in and out for for potty timeโ€”which always entails a hand washing songโ€ฆ every.single.time. 

so my content vision went out the window, and this is what I got instead ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ˜‚ angles ainโ€™t but so bad but itโ€™s certainly not what i had in mind.

the old me wouldโ€™ve scrapped ALL OF IT and waited for the โ€œrightโ€ content moment: a perfect setup with uninterrupted time, and a semi-organized space.
but this past year taught me that this creative motherhood journey is not about waiting for perfect conditions. 
itโ€™s all about building IN the chaos, not seeing what you can come up with after the smoke clears.
so yโ€™all, Iโ€™m posting what I have instead of not posting at allโ€ฆ 

now if youโ€™re a creative mom waiting for the โ€œright timeโ€ to start - let this be your sign. 

the interrupted process IS the content.
done is better than perfect!!!
& sometimes, done means perfect. iโ€™m oddly enjoying this unconventional spin on things, ๐Ÿฅด 
now letโ€™s see where it takes us LOL

I canโ€™t be the only one who is building something in the tiny margins between pretend tea parties and having real deadlines!
If it donโ€™t apply let it fly โ™๏ธโ™๏ธโ™๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพ
you might play about your birthday, but I donโ€™t play about mine. ๐Ÿ˜
fellow sags, how we feel about this? 

 #sagseason #thecolorduchess #decemberbaby
the unpredictability of my schedule kept me from p the unpredictability of my schedule kept me from participating in @phillyveganrestaurantweek how i wanted to. but i did manage to skip on over to @chestnuthillbrewingcompany for my favorite vegetal apps ๐Ÿ˜‹ 
now, let me say, i've been getting this buffalo cauliflower for some years, but last night they were cooked like somebody's mom was trying to impress the high school football coach ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ’œ
texture, taste, temperature โญ๏ธ X ๐Ÿ”Ÿ
showing love to the tiniest of fans ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฆ… #gobi showing love to the tiniest of fans ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฆ… #gobirds 

its different denim jackets: 
Sizes 4T, XS, 12-18 months. (in the order they're shown) DM me to purchase
so i'm in the space of defining my own family trad so i'm in the space of defining my own family traditions, alongside events that are a big deal in society but of zero significance to me. i didn't grow up celebrating Halloween, but my Nana did. and the only way i'd get a costume or go trick or treating is if i was at Nana's house. that was something my mom chose to be lenient about because she trusted my Nana would keep us safe. 

that being said, my child will not participate at all, with anyone, ever. i haven't that amount of trust in a single soul. 

as a mom, i believe in providing unbiased information about holidays to my offspring.. she's still young, and i'm very comfortable discussing the origins of rituals and symbols. so when i'm asked "why don't you celebrate XYZ holiday" my answer is simple. "that's not what we do."

PS. this farm experience left a lot to be desired. i checked before i pulled up, the reviews were great!! but i'm not people. ๐Ÿ™ƒ
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