A note of love, gratitude, and vision

And the beginning of what is to come for this space.

I feel burnt out this week and instead of trying to craft a writing I have been working on to a point where it is shareable, I am writing you this.

Lauren Barber

inspired me with her post this week and it helped me listen to the voice inside me to slow down and pause. I love writing, I love being here and sometimes it feels like another thing to keep up with.

And after a week that was so exhausting and beautiful, I am tired. I never want to put out my words from a place of feeling I have to or trying to accomplish a goal, I know I have been doing that the last two weeks.

So, I am listening to myself. I am slowing down. I have many Unspoken Words to share and I am excited to share. I am excited as I watch this community grow. I love reading your comments, reflections, and insights. If you want to connect with other mamas who are gathered in this space, I start this thread.

I have also let more of you arriving here to bring pressure. The pressure to perform, show up, and give you something of myself that I deem worth sharing.

I am noticing this space is becoming bigger than me, in its form and in my mind. I started writing for myself and my own healing. Once I shifted to focus on motherhood, I noticed I am touching into something special. I am touching into something real. I need to sit with what is possibly being asked of me in this space.

Because I am one mother, with one voice.

What if this space is not about me? What if it is about all of us? What will happen if I pull myself back from the center and let the collective voices of the mother(s) lead?

How aquarian age of me, but this is the direction we are heading in, if you’ll join me.

I am sitting with this idea of gathering all our words on different topics. I love the Unspoken Words series AND it is inspiring something else for this space.

I am working on setting up a form, possibly seasonally, focusing on a different aspect of what this space and motherhood means to me. Each form will have questions around a specific topic. It will have questions for you to answer with A LOT of creative space, I envision you answering questions in audios, videos, paintings, poems, etc.

Then, I will compile different pieces based on what was submitted around this topic. I am hoping this way of approaching our collective words will allow us to weave our voices together around a topic.

Because, I am one voice and how powerful it is to hear from different perspectives in motherhood as we are seeing in the Unspoken Words series.

Some topics I already want to gather your words around; birth, postpartum experiences, breaking cycles, rediscovering yourself…to name a few.

Please, I invite you to share in the comments anything you would want to read about around the topics of motherhood, healing, breaking patterns, and emerging anew while becoming a mother.

I will share more as I know more, I will also be asking for more of your input and desires because this is about all of us and the words we all need to be sharing.

Thank you for journeying with me. I appreciate each one of you reading, I appreciate when you share my words. I am grateful for the connections I am making and the connections I see you all making.

Thank you for being here.
Thank you for supporting my writing in any way that you do.
Thank you for sharing with those you love.

Love,

Emma

Thank you for reading and if you are new here, welcome! I invite you to read this to learn more about this space and if you want to learn more about me, read this. Here, I explore mothering, healing, breaking cycles, and learning what it means to be ourselves in motherhood.

If you know someone who is on the journey of motherhood and healing, share this with them. It means everything to me when you share my work with someone you love.

Recent writings you might have missed…

• For my fellow writers & mothers - a short reflection on how it may be okay to do one more thing before your write.

• Fear as love - how can I trust my people when I cannot trust myself?

• Unspoken Words: Volume 3 & Volume 4- sharing mothers experiences of what is hard for them in this season of motherhood.

• The endless grief of motherhood - exploring grief, shame, and being pulled apart by desires.