Lovely & Brave
If you’ve been here a while, you may be thinking, “Another name change?” When I first started this blog, it was Natti’s Place, and then it was Mothering Girls. As a mom of girls, the name fit, but it didn’t feel right after a while. I felt like everything I wrote had to tie back into the title - mothering girls.
The name Lovely and Brave has been on my heart for a while now. I even opened an Etsy shop under the name. I didn’t initially plan to use this name for my blog, but one day I realized that it’s perfect for the vision I have for my blog. Lovely and brave - that is how I see my daughters, that is how I want to be. I want to bravely face whatever this life throws at me, and I want my heart and personality to remain lovely as I do it. I want my girls to know that they can be princesses, and they can slay the dragons they will face.
As a mom I have bravely faced many dragons - postpartum depression, mom guilt, mom shaming, loneliness, and sadly much more. I have also basked in the loveliness motherhood brings along - newborn snuggles, first words, watching my daughters’ personalities take shape, and the absolute joy of being their mother. It has been quite a journey, and I am barely 7 years in. My goal of this space is to share it all - the good and the bad. The joyful and the devastating. I will continue to share about motherhood, and maybe other things too.
Moving forward, I will share less about my children, because I feel called to respect their privacy. I started this blog in the height of “mommy blogging.” Other mom bloggers overshared about their children (their photos, their milestones, their personalities, their tantrums, everything), and I followed suit. It was trendy at the time so I followed the trends. Looking back, I realize that it was unfair to share so much about my children’s lives before they could even begin to grasp the concept of the internet. There are old posts on here that I have edited to take information out of, and some I’ve deleted altogether. I am undecided about continuing to share their faces on here, because I believe I can do so safely, but I may stop doing that as well. I have set my instagram account to private, because I have shared photos of my girls on there over the years. I created a Lovely and Brave account last year for my Etsy shop, but I will now use it as another place for us to connect outside of this blog.
Thank you so much for reading and following along with this little space. I always say I want to write more, and then it takes months for me to post again, but this is where I want to be. Writing is my passion and I have so much I want to tell you. For now, I’ll leave you with an inspirational quote, one of many to come:
