SOMETHING NEW

It's amazing. 

When I started GreenMom Green Baby I was so enthused about writing a blog to inspire and learn about Green living among other Green mothers. With all my new found anxiety bringing Sophia into this world I was sure that this would pacify some of my worry about the carbon footprint we were making/leaving.

Fast-forward to now. My entire view of motherhood, the globe, my role as a mom and our lives have changed so unexpected and drastically.

When I set out on this venture I was naive yet hopeful. 

I felt eager to learn, to share experience and of course to create community that all we could grow in and from.

Then personal crisis hit. I’ve avoided the blog for perhaps selfish reasons, careful not to air my dirty laundry or be a Devon downer or bitter blogger.

Now a (green) single mom recovering from being homeless, switching jobs, redefining family, moving (a lot) and accepting our ever evolving ‘situation’I'm still wondering:

Where in the hell do I, no, how the hell do I go from here?

Afraid to share our reality other than the power struggle Sophia and I battle with potty training, I woke up this morning knowing in my gut that this censorship is not authentic. 

If other mom's suddenly find themselves without their partners, husbands or significant others, are next to or become homeless in the crazy economy than perhaps I could bring humor to our unique and trying 'green' situations.  
Or maybe something similar has happened, and your story of transformation can help us or someone else cope.

And while I may have to plant trees in the next decade to make up for the boxes of tissues the little one and I have gone through this past year, I am recommitting Green Mom Green Baby to being a truly authentic ‘GREEN’ journey. I am being present whatever shows up for us in whatever form, shape and definition that means and I invite you to do the same. 

So Green Mom Green Baby means, an environmentally and economically conscious new mom learning to cover a area of ground (motherhood & life) used for a purpose: learning and sharing and growing – TOGETHER.

On that note, thank you for your friendship, your readership and for sharing this space and your experience.  I look forward to our journey and it's evolution.

Much love, 

Michelle