MFB

2 weeks ago I declared that I was as an MFB {Mother F’ing Butterfly}. I won’t go into a lot of detail here, but l feel like I’ve been in a 5-year chrysalis of becoming, defined by major transitions and transformations across almost every part of my life.

Over the last few months I’ve been apologizing around every corner, and telling everyone that I’m navigating some new growing pains ~ marked by lots of things I’ve never done before + lots of new beginnings.

The growing pains have been really strange, marked by MANY full-circle moments that are deeply personal. Admittedly I’ve been annoyed, exhausted and pretty pissed off that I was going to have to navigate ANOTHER challenging season. The last few have been hard enough with heartache, start-up stress, pandemic, health and worry.

But then 2 weeks ago I braved something that usually breaks me, because it consistently challenges every bit of who I am ~ or maybe who I used to be. I came through it, realizing that these recent growing pains were actually the tangible feelings of breaking through ~ like coming out a chrysalis ~ a realization of the transformations that prayer and faith in God above has been working over the last several years.

So I went ahead and said it. I’m an MFB {Mother F’ing Butterfly}.

I am ready to spread these new wings and embrace all of the new colors and patterns that make-up this new season of living. I am grateful for a transformation that intersects with every part of my life, family, marriage, parenthood, work, friendships and most importantly faith in God above. I am digging this new level of visibility ~ seeing the world with the same squinting + smiling caterpillar eyes but now with a new set of wings ready to rise.

When you visit our space in downtown Holliston it will feel a little different because I wrote MFB on a few of the our walls and then painted them to mark this new season. When you hear this voice you may notice a new level of clarity and confidence, one that represents the clarity and confidence we have in this new season ~ for you, me and all of the MFBs in the B&B Collective.

This is the wilderness and I’m so grateful to be braving it with you.