I’m a neurodivergent Mom.

First things first, (🎶 I poppa freaks all the honies 🎵) I don’t actually think there is such a thing as a “regular mom.” This blog’s name is a Mean Girls reference, and the specific moment is in the gif (said with a hard “g”) right above here (Amy Poehler in that Juicy track suit ^chefs kiss^). Sometimes, when I do something very specifically me while momming, that scene plays in my head, except a replace “cool” with all sorts of other words relative to the specific thing I did; neurodivergent, weird, ADHD, anxious, Autistic, ridiculous, silly, tired, scattered, neuromagical, and lots more ranging from beat-myself-up words to I’m-feeling-myself celebratory words…

“I”m Not a Regular Mom” isn’t meant to bag on any “kind” of mom. No beef with any Moms in this space, and any time I reference “Moms,” I’ll always be referencing bio-Moms, chosen Moms, grandMoms, family-members-that-feel-like-Moms, friends-that-feel-like-Moms, Guardian-Moms, Dads who fill the role of Mom, all-the-Mom-like-figures, fur-Moms, and everything in-between (if I forgot someone or there’s a better way of listing this out, please let me know in the comments because part of my neurodivergence is wanting to know everything about everything learn and grow and be a better human). Cool? Cool (not Mom).

So, what am I doing here? Um…. I’m not 100% sure. My therapist and I were chatting, and she mentioned starting a blog to write about things I like talking about. I love writing. I love creating. I love learning. I love traveling (it’s connected to the learning). I’m totally fascinated by people. I enjoy connecting with people and finding community. The autism means I hyper-fixate, the ADHD means the hyper-fixations change often. What I know for sure is I’m always honest and transparent, so you can definitely expect that. And I mom through the lens of being neurodivergent, having two neurodivergent kids, a neurodivergent husband, and a live-in neurodivergent brother (who is 18 years younger than me and our own version of Uncle Jesse), so stuff around that will show up here, for sure.

You’re not going to find a perfectly curated blog though, it’ll be messy. And probably inconsistent. And maybe a little all over the place. But, it’ll definitely be honest and true. Thanks for coming along while I figure it out.

PS - If you know me IRL, let’s not talk about this, okay? Okay. Cool. Thanks.