Ideas

I would like to use all of you as a sounding board, please comment or send me messages letting me know what you think.

As a mom, especially in the beginning, I feel alone. I feel a general lack of support in the community for what I am trying to do, which is my life's work. I know that people think that is crazy to say, but honestly, all I (me as an individual) have ever wanted to do was be a mom. Weird, I know. I do have a career and it is fairly closely related to motherhood so it has satisfied my desire and calling.

I want to change this feeling of isolation. Motherhood shouldn't be an opportunity for corporations to make billions. I would like to start an organization that helps mamas be the best they can be and have the supplies and support they need. I know there are organizations that give new mamas freebies, but usually you have to demonstrate need. I don't know about you but I make too much money to constitute need, but I did need, and so do other mamas. I don't need as much as some mamas because I am lucky enough to have a niece that is just over three years older than L, and my sister-in-law saved everything!

I also want mamas to be able to meet up and talk about their children. The one thing that has helped my sanity since having a baby is to talk with other mamas about their experiences. This has validated my own crazy feelings, which I never felt before having a child. We all have different experiences and different knowledge that will surely help a struggling mama.

When I talk about mamas I mean all the women who are hoping to become pregnant, pregnant women, those with babies, those with toddlers, those with high schoolers . . . and beyond! It is so interesting to talk with mamas whose children are in a different age group or generation because so much has changed, yet so little has changed with motherhood.

Anyway, thoughts are encouraged! I guess I am searching for validation (again) to start this organization.