The Beginning

This is my introduction 🤝. The FIRST post. The first "Hello 👋, Springfield [Crunchy-ish] Mamas". Numero uno. A. #1️⃣. Start here...

I've been busily working on all things other than THIS.  You see, I had this one tiny little idea; which grew and expanded and transformed into this big huge thing I'm doing, or so that's how it feels. I am doing it. SEE 👀 , I am doing it now, the first post ✔️.

First things, first. Get your ducks in a row. But wait. Where did all these 🦆s come from????

OK, OK, the beginning. I have a dream. Well, more accurately, I decided to set a new years resolution.  Yes, this beginning dates back to December of long ago, 2024.

Why? Why, you might ask, did I decide to set a New Year's resolution, when I never do? Well, because Vanessa Van Edward's told me to, of course. I love her books Captivate and Cues. I find her work to be really interesting and useful! It was in her podcast interview with Steven Bartlett on his show, "The Diary of a CEO", that I found my inspiration. Vanessa said something along the lines of, and I'm paraphrasing big time here, 'if you ask your friends what they're working on, what they're excited about, what their New Year's resolution is and they have no answer, then you should find new friends'. She got me thinking. What am I excited about. What makes me an interesting person to talk to. If I want quality friends who have New Years reaolutions and shit... uh, oh...Maybe I need to be of

quality. 🤣

So I set a damn resolution! And that's how this whole thing started. The Facebook group, the web page. The blog. Let's be real, the allure of possibly generating some income. The Pinterest. The vision of a shared adventure and an uplifting community of Springfield [Crunchy-ish] Mamas! ALL of these 🦆s came out of no where!

Before all the ducks showed up though, I thought about what kind or resolution I should set. What would be inspiring to me, exciting even, a bit of an adventure. Dont get too excited, by advenure I mean like putting regular clothes on and leaving the house with 2 small children! Evvveeen though, chasing waterfalls was high on the list, that kind of adventure just isn't in the cards for this mama quite yet.

Here I am gleefully standing behind a waterfall pre -second baby.

What would be something I could, likely, achieve? That would stretch this New Year excitement through out the year. What might be something worth talking about with people, people like anyone, but also people who like might wana be friends and who might also wonder about setting New Year's resolutions and shit, or people who might find solidarity in my current definition of "excitement". Would any other Mamas have an interest in this thing also? Maybe even be inspired to join us?

It came to me.

I said it out loud. Dun, dun, duuuuuuuuuun!!!

Visit every park in Springfield!

I got my daughter's immediate approval! I shared it with my family. Ok. Great! Mission complete. I am, of quality! I have a New Year's resolution. And so I thought, we'll get visiting later, after all we've got 12 months right, and it's raining....🤣

And then the ducks started showing up. 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

The next post is, "Your Invitation" 🎟. Don't miss the opportunity to join in on the adventure with your own FREE printable Park Bingo Card. Be sure to join the Springfield Crunchy-ish Mama Facebook Group and follow the Springfield_Crunchyish_Mamas Instagram Page to share your adventure with us and help create a community sharing positivity, one post at a time!

Let's do this thing together.

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