I want to know your secret

I Want to Know YOUR Secret

{see end of post for details}

{and I reveal another "mini" secret}

When I started this blog, it was for one reason more than any other.

To find out if I was the only one...

The only one with feelings that this whole parenting business was a bit more than I had signed up for.

The only one so overwhelmed with love for my new little baby, that it drove me to tears many nights.

The only one who questioned every parenting decision I made since the day he was born.

The only one who gagged at every poopy diaper.

The only one who worried that I was never doing enough.

And although the hubby and I had just added to our family, I felt alone.

Not depressed, just alone.

Like I was the only one who thought this was hard.

The only one who got tired.

The only one who didn't think motherhood was all rainbows and butterflies.

And thus, LMM {life lessons of a momma-in-training} was born.

I started writing.

Writing about life as a new momma--the ups, the downs, the tantrums, the cuddle sessions, the first giggles, the new baby smell, the late night feedings, the doctor's visits and everything in between.

And the more I wrote, the more Momma's I found who were just like me.

Who felt the same as I did.

Who loved their little kiddos more than life itself.

Who would jump in front of a moving vehicle for their babes.

But who also knew Momma-Hood was nothing to be sugarcoated.

You sent me emails, you left comments, you reached out to me...

You made sure I knew I wasn't alone.

And so, thanks to your support, I got a bit braver,

And I took a risk.

I wrote a post about more than mommy hood.

I wrote a post about ME.

A post sharing my deepest, darkest Secret.

And then I crossed my fingers.

Had I scared you? Would you be freaked out? Would you go running in search of a fluffier blog?

But I never should have underestimated you, my dear readers.

Because you didn't run. Instead, you told me I wasn't alone.

You reminded me that we all have secrets.

We all have a past, a condition, an ailment--something we don't want others to use to define us.

And we ALL find comfort when we learn that we're not alone.

And it's that feeling of comfort that has inspired a new "series" I would love to start on LMM.

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Introducing the I HAVE A SECRET SERIES

A series of posts where we learn about your secrets,

where we tell you that you're not alone,

where we comfort you and perhaps even provide you with the courage to overcome your secret,

OR the strength to endure your secret,

OR we just become educated about your secret.

Anonymous or with a name attached, you decide how you want your secret to be posted.

Trust me, there are others out there who will be touched, who will be strenghtened by your courage in coming forward.

If you feel so inspired, email me your SECRET, your STRUGGLES at:

ashley@littlemissmomma.com

I want to know your story.

And, if you haven't read it yet, here's my secret.

And for those of you who are thinking,

"pshh, her secrets not that big of a deal. I mean look at all that hair she has"

Well here's the truth:

I have hair extensions to help hide my secret.