A New Adventure

In this coming week, I am embarking on a new adventure.

I have felt led, over the past half year, to volunteer as a leader for an organization in my community that strives to help new parents along this journey of parenting. The organization, Program For Early Parent Support (PEPS), brings together about a dozen moms and babies for twelve straight weeks with the goal of providing parent support.

This organization was a lifeline for me, as I joined a group when he was 4 weeks old. I was able to share my highs and lows of parenting with this group of like-minded women as we journeyed together through the struggles of sleepless nights, nursing challenges, and all of the other issues new parents face!

My group still meets for play dates, and is a valuable resource for friendship and parenting insights. We come from all walks of life, faiths, nationalities, socio-economic class, educational background, etc., yet we all share this common bond of having children the same age, facing many similar challenges. It's pretty cool, and I have been so blessed by this group of women!

Now it's my turn to give back. I am serving as a co-leader with another mom from my PEPS group, and we will lead a group of sleep-deprived, weary new moms through this 12-week journey. What an awesome privilege!

I was in training last weekend, brushing up on my "meeting facilitation" skills (we aren't counselors or educators -- merely facilitators...) so I think I am now ready.

Let the adventure begin!