The Team - Part 2
In our last post you met Sarah, who came up with the great idea for More Than a Village, and now I guess it’s my turn to introduce myself. I’m Laura, Sarah’s friend, business partner and fellow blogger.
So I guess you should know a few key things about me straight out the gate. I am a travel addict, former teacher, amateur but ardent sociologist, wannabe writer, die-hard karaoke fan, and a woman fast approaching the “now or never” line for having a family.
My husband and I recently moved back to our hometown in an attempt to “settle down” and do what most couples our age tend to do; buy a house, start a family, get a dog…that sort of thing. So far so good (we’ve got the house part sorted) but staying in one place has never been my strong suit.
I have always been looking for a way to make a difference and I usually imagined traipsing off to far-flung locales to dig irrigation ditches and build schools MacGyver-style (you know, with a few planks of wood, some string and a paperclip). However, when my dear friend, Sarah, told me about her incredible idea to help families connect and share childcare, I realized that this was my chance to do something really useful, and in my own backyard, no less.
I don’t even have kids yet and I already have a million questions. Questions that I’m hoping I will find answers to in our More Than a Village community. Questions like: What are the challenges of adopting and having biological children? How does having a baby change your relationship with your partner? Does everyone get saggy breasts after having children or is that just a vicious rumour? What in god’s name is a mucus plug? Okay, forget I asked that last one. I’m not ready to know.
This is just a small sample of the questions I have swirling around my mind and I’m really excited that our “little” project is going to be a place where I can figure this stuff out. I’ll be able to talk to people who have gone through it all and, when I have kids, I can find like-minded moms and dads in my area and we can help each other.
Until the day that the website is up and running and I have a bun in the oven and/or an adopted baby on the way, I have this blog. So I’m going to continue to pepper you guys with questions and eventually I’ll have some answers, though I have a sneaking suspicion there will always be more where that came from.
~Laura
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