I don't do anything because I HAVE to, I do it because I WANT to. Recently the spirit of giving has taken me over. I love helping others: my children, my husband, friends and other moms.
These past couple weeks my focus has been on creating a mom co-op. I have been pleasantly surprised with the positive response that has been received. Maybe it is because everyone, at the core, has an intuition to help and create a community around themselves. My ideas for it started big, at least in my opinion. I started a website for the moms to meet and sign up as members. Through the membership we can connect; share events, ideas, stories and problems; reach out for help and respond to it. The possibilities are truly endless.
The starting group had a small but inspiring meeting. We found that we all had something in common and something to share. Some moms lived in a close proximity while others lived further away, some kids had allergies and others had potty training, sleep or eating issues. Some moms worked full-time, others were recently laid off and some were stay-at-home moms. This is what I was hoping for, that every mom felt like they had a place in the co-op.
The wish for this is that it only gets bigger. Whether or not the members grow isn't essential (but very welcome). What is important to me is that the gears of the co-op keep turning and are wheeled into something great.
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