I've Waited My Entire Life For This Moment
Sometimes when you go to a talk or see someone receive an award or even listen to a celebrity's acceptance speech you'll hear: "I've waited my entire life for this moment..."
I thought I would be saying that yesterday.
"I've waited my entire life for this moment."
But the truth is, I didn't know who I was or what I wanted or who I was supposed to be until just a few short years ago. It was only when I became fully responsible for another person's life - my son's - that I realized, I was lost.
Now, many women think they get lost in motherhood. And while that's true, in a sense we do lose parts of ourselves in motherhood, the larger truth is how lost we were before we even got there. Getting lost in motherhood feels easy - but what's not easy, is understanding why.
Yesterday, the day I've waited three years for happened. Not an entire lifetime - three years. Because before three years ago, I was lost. Unsure of who I was, what I was supposed to be, and what my bigger purpose on this earth is.
And now it's happened. My first book...my heart...my soul it's been released.
Welcome To The Jungle
In Welcome to the Jungle, I take readers on an unfiltered journey of self-discovery. While navigating motherhood and facing the unexpected: back-to-back high-risk pregnancies, postpartum depression, and a rare tumour, I finally had my awakening (and it's not just from my kids). From Phat Farm shoes and blue eyeshadow to chunky highlights and awkward first love, I've been able to pinpoint the moments in her life where I truly lost myself and come to understand the power motherhood holds in finally being found.
Filled with unfiltered thoughts and perspectives on womanhood, Welcome to the Jungle isn't just another parenting book on the highs and lows of motherhood, it will spur you to have a conversation with yourself you never knew you needed to have.
Yesterday, the person I am was finally set free into the world - and I can't wait for you to get to know her the way I do.
Written by Anneliese Lawton
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