Greetings Steemit, from a simple mother with a hope on Mother’s Day.

I write this with some trepidation as I simply do not know what interest someone would have in this stay-at-home mother’s life. My husband, @Bluerthangreen, counseled me to just be me. So here goes…

My life is like so many other mothers out there who week after week care for their children. It is made of a million pieces of love showered on sweet babies, who become curious energetic youngsters, who become the sturdy men and women of our world tomorrow.

It is my hope that those countless acts of love together add up to something lasting. It is my hope that the sacrifice I made to stay at home with my children will mean something to them, and they can carry it with them when I am no longer there to comfort and counsel them as I do now. And then one day, they can give that same kind of love to their own children.

I am a mother with a hope that Steemit will be part of my dream: That my husband (@Bluerthangreen) and I can be together pouring ourselves out to create a legacy for our quickly growing children (ages 8, 5, 2, and 2 months). I have a hope our family will be free enough from the ongoing demands of debt and bills enough to do this. Presently my husband travels for work and there is much of our day-to-day life that is lived separately.

I can clearly picture us slowing down enough to work our land in the Ozarks of Arkansas, building our home, tending our garden and our animals, and simply doing life together.

I believe you can be a part of this simple mother’s dream. I don’t have a great many skills to share, nor am I riveting storyteller, but I would like to share a part of my heart and life lessons with this Steemit community. I anticipate making friends with many of you along my journey and look forward to reading your posts and comments as well.

A few words about myself and things I plan on posting about: when I’m not actively caring for my curious energetic youngsters, I enjoy reflecting on life over a good cup of coffee; making and remaking schedules to bring peace to my busy family; cooking up healthy recipes in the kitchen and natural DIY goods for the bathroom; tending my garden, and most especially creating meaningful art and graphic design.

In fact, in honor of Mother’s Day and my first post on Steemit, I’m sharing one of my prints from my Etsy shop, AllfortheGood. Feel free to save, print, and use as you wish.

If anyone is interested in purchasing anything from my Etsy shop, I’d like to offer a special coupon for any Steemians. Buy 1 Get 1 free, anything in my shop. Just put the code BOGOSTEEMIT in at checkout. www.etsy.com/shop/AllfortheGood
Thanks again @allforthegood.