Babies take a lot of time and money.

I know, that’s a news flash, right? But I really had no idea that an infant business would take so much of my time and money when I started.

My whole life I’ve been a care provider and never received a bit of business education. Over the last year I’ve spent a lot of time and money giving myself that education.

When I started my business, my husband and I looked at our savings and decided that I could use $5K of it to launch my business. When that was gone, the business would either be profitable or I would give it up.

No Regrets?

I like to say that I have no regrets in life, that all of my mistakes and bad choices molded me into a better person or at least taught me some valuable lessons. But for a long time I did hold one huge regret.

One of the best parts about being a parent is getting to see the world through the eyes of a child, again. Life doesn’t get much better then abandoning all inhibitions and being a child with your child. I am my happiest when running through sprinklers with my clothes on, eating ice cream for breakfast and flying around my house in a Batman cape trying to capture The Joker. I delight in the “easy” questions about thunderstorms, bugs and eye color. I have waited years to have these engaging conversations with my children. Watching their minds process and retain information is quite enjoyable and satisfying.

But what about the tough questions?

I felt it shelter to speak to you.
- Emily Dickinson

We gather in a group to be witnessed, to be supported, and to be both equalized and elevated in our struggles, gifts and ambitions. Common ground is very fertile ground -- it is, what Emerson calls, “...the common heart of which all sincere conversation is worship.” Where two or more are joined with the same intention, grace intensifies and solutions multiply. Belongingness heals and nourishes with its affirmative recognition that we are not alone. Simultaneously, we are able to experience our unity and our uniqueness.

Who hears you? Whose greatness do you foster in return?