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The best of me

04 Aug, 2021  

For me, being a parent is a dream come true, it’s the one thing I have wanted my entire life. The love and protectiveness are endless and all you want for your children is for them to be safe, happy and to be able to give them the best life possible.

In creating a life for my kid’s the most important things are to guide them to be the best people they can be. To have manners, independence and allow them to believe anything is possible and to never give up when something gets a little hard.

As a parent, You have your fun and easy days, but then you can have those days you just want to pull your hair out. But no matter what they are your little people and you love them with everything. I don’t know about you, but sometimes (Actually a lot of the time) I forget they are kids, and being a kid is the best thing in the world. It’s when you can get away with everything because you are cute.

I am having to learn to be silly and not care all over again. And It was only this week, that my 3-year-old daughter thinks it is the funniest thing ever for me to do a bum shuffle while jumping backward chasing her down the hallway. Haha

I see my kids, and I look at them and think we are doing such amazing job and we can’t be prouder of my Miss 3 and Mr 11 months.

What scares the heck out of me personally is that this world is not the world that we grew up in as kids. It’s scary to know what my babies will have to deal with in their lifetime. If I can prepare them for anything, it’s for them to be strong and stand up for themselves.

 

Today, I was playing around on my computer and created this photo of my daughter. It’s such an amazingly powerful photo, and it’s what I want for both my daughter and son to be able to look at this world and say I can conquer anything because I am the best of me.

Finding time for you.

04 Aug, 2021  

Me Time is something I think most of us mums are lacking as we simply forget ABOUT US. When we do plan on doing something for ourselves, We soon forget about it, as something more important happens, everyone in your little world comes first and YOU are soon forgotten about. 

2 weeks ago is when I wanted to write this blog but couldn’t find the time. I was at home with both my babies as their carer was off due to an injury ( my kids are in-home day-care) With markets coming up I was busy sewing trying to build my stock up, organize for the market, build my website, keep my children fed and trying to keep them amused and happy while I was trying to get this all done. IT WAS A HARD WEEK. As much as it was a hard week, This is the reason why I have chosen to work from home and run my own business. Not Everything is meant to be easy. 

THAT WEEK WAS THE WEEK!!!!!!  I made the call to Bodyfit and flex Pilates Studio, spoke to Kymmie, Booked my first Yoga class, and made it happen. First-class was amazing! Come out feeling refreshed and relaxed and was ready to start my day. I was floating on a cloud for a few days after and decided to book in a few more sessions of different classes to try. FAST FORWARD, 3 weeks in, and I’ve been going 3 to 4 times a week and LOVING it. 

It took me such a long time to allow myself to give myself a break and feel like it was OK to give myself some time. I felt like I always needed to ask permission to have my time, ( Which wasn’t the case at all) Looking after the kids just becomes the norm and you almost feel guilty when you did want to take some time out.

All I can say is that if you're feeling the same way as I was feeling, wanting to do something, but feel like you don’t have the time or keep forgetting about you, MAKE TIME FOR YOU, I have started getting up at 5.30 am to be able to do a class before my husband goes to work or I do one after he gets home in the evening. I have even booked in a Saturday Class, just because I can!

I Always said, “I don’t have time”,” I can't make time and kept making excuses”

NOT NOW.

Taking care of myself is not being selfish. It is essential that I LOVE myself first before I have the strength and energy to give LOVE to my family. 

 

Take Time for YOU, 

2020 Reflection

04 Aug, 2021  

I’ve learnt that not everyone is right for me in my life. I’m a lot stronger than I thought when it comes to knowing what’s right and what’s wrong. What would normally have broken me has just given me the strength and power to grow.

 

I have learnt that we live in a pretty good country and whatever has happened with covid, 2021 is going to be a better year for everyone and we can hopefully say good riddance to Covid.

 

 I have learnt as a mum, it's important and is ok to have “You time” to take time for you and to do something that makes you happy. My babies are growing up so fast and with my number 1 starting kindy in 2021, who is already blowing us away with the little lady she is becoming. I have realised that life gets busy, time doesn’t slow down and it’s important to stop and spend time with your kids and people that lift you up and make you happy in your life.

 

Running my own business is the hardest thing I have ever done and is also the longest-running challenge I have stuck to which has shown me that it's my absolute passion and it's something I want more than anything for me and my family. 

 

I am so lucky to have the most amazing family and friends in my life, always supporting me and pushing me to do better. So  I have decided that 2021 is going to be an amazing year. I have been given an amazing opportunity in 2021 to grow not only myself but to grow my business and am so excited about what it will bring.

 

As I am writing this, I’m listening to the radio and my favourite song of all time has just come on. People that know me well, will know the song I am talking about. This song happens to come on at the most amazing random times. Just when I am needing a lift, inspiration or if life is good.

 

Come at me 2021

 

I hope 2021 brings you all the love, happiness and dreams that you are wanting.

 

Find your song and just dance until your heart is content. 

Out of Nowhere

04 Aug, 2021  
I woke up this morning with my toddler between my husband and me after he had a bad night, saying that I didn’t have the best of nights either. I went to bed fine as I do every other night but tonight was different, I randomly had demons in my head and I was really struggling to fall asleep. They started by telling me, I wasn’t worthy, I’m not good enough, what am I doing? I need to go back to work, I can’t run a business. As much as I tried to kick them out and think positive thoughts, they kept coming back, telling me repeatedly over and over again. I got up used my essential oil adaptive on my wrist taking in some deep breaths and I finally fell asleep. About 2 hours later I woke up to our little man screaming and unsettled (I was feeling absolutely drained) We don’t know if it was teeth, night maars, or even growing pains. We couldn’t get him settled so we decided to bring him into our bed, where all he wanted was me. With him in my arms and him snuggling in to fall asleep, I heard someone in my head saying, ‘This is my reason, this is my purpose, this is why I am here.
This morning I woke up feeling like I didn’t want to get out of bed. I was drained and exhausted from the night we just had, but I knew I had to get up, putting how I was feeling aside to get my kids dressed and fed as we were heading out to catch up with some friends for the morning. After having a few breakdowns, I wasn’t feeling any better. I used my roller bottle with a combination of oils that had adaptive, balance, lavender, frankincense, console, and forgive placing them on my wrist, back on the neck, and up my spine. I can’t say enough about my oils as they have saved me from going on medication. After using the oils, I started to settle from the inside, I continued to use the oils throughout the day and will use them for the next couple of days.  
So today has been a very big struggle for me as all I’ve wanted to do is curl up and fall asleep, BUT I CAN’T, I have 2 little people that I need to take care of and contently feed as they are always hungry, Lol. I have been able to speak to a friend that has put me back into line and has made my head a little less foggy and a little clearer and a list of things for me to work towards which I can already see working and making me feel that little bit better.
I will be the first to say that it was one of the lowest points I have had in a long time, and I still don’t really understand how and why it came to me when it did. It could have been a conversation I had with a friend the day before talking about my business. All I know is that anxiety and depression are real and for someone to has only suffered from it for only a few years, it is really important to be not ashamed, and if something isn’t sitting right in your life, ask for help if you need it. Nothing wrong with asking for help. 
 I am lucky in a way as I am aware of how I am feeling and when something isn’t right, I have no problem speaking to friends and family about asking for advice and telling them how I am feeling. From a person who has never had any forms of anxiety and depression, it hit just over 2 years ago from a workplace which is where I first experienced my first anxiety attack. I tried to work through it while I was still working, I found I was getting worse and worse, not wanting to go into work, crying too and from work, getting the shakes, and not having the time I wanted to have for my daughter.  I knew everything that I was feeling at the time wasn’t right and the reasoning why I developed anxiety wasn’t right. After speaking to my husband and me being 6 weeks pregnant with our second, I decided that I was over feeling the way I was and I wasn’t going to put my unborn child at risk, SO I WALKED, decided I was going to make my sewing hobby into something special and something that I could do from home and be there for my children when needed.