Mums are AWESOME

Alexandra Rickerby - 2 Oct 17

It never ceases to amaze me how bloody brilliant Mums are and how NONE OF US seems to realise it.

Earlier this week, a dear friend of mine messaged me today to say she had resigned from her marketing job at a publishing firm to do an interior design course. She has two amazing kids and has spent at least two years trying to work out what was the best thing to do for her and her family work wise. She feels excited and terrified in equal measure. She has been tormented by the endless juggling act between the two and is jumping feet first into the next chapter – what a woman.

Another friend worked in one of those ridiculously high-flying banking jobs only she and her employer will ever understand and the day she got married it was announced that she was going all in on the wife front and follow her naval husband around the globe. No ifs or buts. All in – WIFE. I remember being utterly mesmerised by her decision. I had a mother who was determined to do parenting single-handedly and was absolutely not going to get married and therefore I had always been on the side of ” I will work, no man will own me, I will have my own money and in fact bugger it Ill earn the most…blah blah’ and here she was bold as brass saying “I’d rather not thanks. Going to learn how to cook amazing food, see the world and breed”. In the end, it was her who inspired me to leave Google – thanks, H – you are awesome.

Then there is the Mum who after her daughter was 8 months old said “bugger this..I am mentally suffering, miserable and it’s making the family miserable so I’m off to work again” and she jets off all over the place and in between it all is raising one hell of a little human. I want to clap her down the street just so she knows how awesome she is.

I don’t know how we get better at understanding our value to each other and how much we inspire the best in all of our friends but we do. I for one am going to spend the next week randomly telling any Mum that I meet how bloody brilliant she is and how she inspires me. Even if it’s just that she made it out of the house today. I am hoping for some sort of butterfly effect #inspiringmummas

Alexandra Rickerby is the owner of flapsandbaps.com. To read this blog and more check out facebook.com/flapsandbaps, @flapsandbaps or visit flapsandbaps.com. Thanks!

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