Y’all, it is SUCH AN HONOR to be featured on Kelli+Vanessa’s everyday mom series today!  Their vision is to find the beautiful mess among the styled perfection online.  They interview inspiring moms in a series they call #myeverydaymoms!  I seriously have been following this all year, and there have been more than a few late nights I’ve stayed up reading all the REAL, RAW, AUTHENTIC talk from moms that inspire me.  It’s an amazing group of women, and I am SO SO HONORED to be featured this week!

One of the questions they asked me…

[#4] What challenges have you faced in balancing motherhood and your passion for creativity?

I think the challenges I’ve faced in balancing motherhood and my passion for creativity is mostly TIME!  Before I was a mom, I ran my own photography business full time and now that I’m a stay at home and working mom, it’s hard to just find time to have a decent thought, ya know what I’m saying?  I’ve had to be really intentional about making that time for myself to be creative.  I have time at least once a week that I go to a coffee shop or the library by myself and write.  Writing is my therapy and while I could totally say I don’t have time for it now while my kids are little {sorta like I’ve done with photography biz} I can’t do that with writing.  I need it, and I will make time even if it’s only 1 hour a week.  The time of day I get to be creative as a mom has changed, and there have been some late nights 😉  But it’s worth it, and I think my kids only give me the inspiration I need to let my creativity out.  They push me to want to be better, create more, and inspire others.  My sweet Asher girl is quite the artist, and I look forward to getting to explore that more as they grow!

click here to read the rest of the interview, and make sure to follow them on instgram to follow the rest of the series!  I know you will be introduced to some amazing amazing women!!!

oh….and they have these AMAZING shirts they are selling in their everyday goods shop – and if you BUY THIS “love writes a beautiful story” tee before Friday you get free shipping AND $5 will be donated to The A21 Campaign who’s mission is to abolish the injustice of human trafficking.