Our Director of Procurement & Supply Chain, Sara, shares her Mother’s Day story about becoming a new mom for the first time and appreciating her own mom even more as a result:
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“I knew I had a great mom, but I didn’t fully realize how great she was until I had my own child two years ago. My father had his own small business which required him to work a lot while I was growing up. It was often just my mom, brother and I in the evenings and weekends. Most responsibilities fell on her shoulders.
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She also worked full time as well and this was always very important to her. She loved what she did and she was unapologetic of this. Even when I was young, I remember this being something I respected and loved about her. I had my first child, much later in life, but I always knew that when I did, I didn’t have to sacrifice the other parts of me that I still loved, one being my career. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I love being a mom but I think that what caught me the most off guard was how hard it would also be. I mean I knew it would be hard, but some days are REALLY HARD. Now looking back at my own mother, I don ’t know how she did it all. She sacrificed so much and worked so hard to give my brother and I the best memories. My respect and love for her have only grown more over the last couple years. She is my role model as I navigate motherhood now. I hope that I can be the kind of mother to my son as she was to me. ” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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