If you have taken the time to find this page you are probably wondering who is behind mynameismom™.com and what their agenda is. We think it's always a good idea to look under the hood and so here's our story.

We are two women who've been friends for over thirty years. We met in an art class when we were in Grade 8 and since then we've seen each other through marriages, children, health scares, career changes, too many pets to count, deaths, family crisis, business ventures, graduations, moves and renovations, and all the stuff in between.

When we noticed it'd been thirty years since our friendship began we thought we should do something to celebrate. What started with a phone call to get together for dinner ended up turning into an online community - mynameismom.com - and come to think of it, we haven't yet gone out for that dinner!

When we thought about the connection we've shared for the past thirty years, we realized two things: how many times it's saved us and how frighteningly rare it was.

Between us we have six children ranging from elementary school to university. Both of us were the first to have children in our families and the first two amongst our friends to become moms. And although there was advice galore about babies and raising children, and the best gadgets and schools, neither of us ever heard a word uttered about what we as women would experience when we became moms.

We didn't know that when we brought home our babies, we'd risk losing ourselves.

We didn't know we'd lose our bearings. We didn't know our identities would be up for grabs, that we'd become anonymous and devalued, and that none of this would make any sense, given all we hadn't been told. Our children were our greatest source of joy and neither of us ever wanted to turn back the clock and hang on to who we were pre-motherhood.

Like most women today, we didn't live near one another. What kept us afloat over the years was the knowledge that just a phone call away was someone we trusted, who even if she couldn't be at our side, had our back. We didn't realize it at the time, but what we offered each other was unconditional love and non-judgmental support. And through the years when we were lost in the flurry and chaos that had become our life, when we'd look in the mirror and not even recognize our own reflection, there was someone who remembered who we really were.

We wanted to make sure every woman had that too - funny, honest, non-judgemental conversation - so we created My Name Is Mom™, an online gathering place where moms can break the silence and be known.

What makes motherhood so much harder than it has to be, is feeling alone. Motherhood is the most important job on earth. It shouldn't be the hardest. Motherhood isn't a competition. It's a jump in and swim experience and no mom should be left to drown.

As for our agenda, it's to cultivate a sisterhood among mothers.

To achieve this, there needed to be a space every mom would recognize as her place; somewhere even the busiest mom could visit, with or without her children, day or night, from anywhere in the world. There she would find on-going, open conversations, a place where she would feel safe enough to share her truth, about her experience, and swap tips, stories, and laughs. 

It took over a year to create such a place.

Welcome to My Name Is Mom™.Com

We hope you enjoy your stay!

Sincerely,

Gail Blesch and Pixie Riddle
the mothers of mynameismom™.com
A Division of Thirty Years Multimedia Inc.