Do you have a friend, who also happens to share your passion, who supports you in pretty much everything you do? I don’t mean agrees with everything you say…I mean really, truly supports your dreams and wants to help you get there.
I do.
Yes, I have my private practice. And I worked HARD to get there. Like two jobs for many years hard. Like all day at school followed by social skills groups followed by private clients hard. I did that on my own. I did it because I knew that when I finally started my family, I would need flexibility in order to stay home with my kids. I needed the part time practice so that I could be the full time mom. That was my goal and I reached it.
But then a funny thing happened. Another goal, one that I had secretly thought about since the age of 7, started to emerge. I wanted to write. I wanted to put my thoughts on paper (or a screen, as the case may be) and put it out there for other people to see. And so I started writing.
It was hard at first. It felt like not many people were listening. I wondered if I was on the right track. But the ideas kept coming and I kept hitting publish and suddenly…people started to listen. Two years after that first leap of faith, I was offered two different freelance positions. Because people were listening.
My dreams, of course, don’t stop there. And I hope to meet that other dream, the one that is a work in progress. But this time I’m not doing it alone. This time I have Jenny.
Jenny and I lean together. We met on Twitter. We bonded over coffee. We text and talk and email and everything else somewhat obsessively, depending on the week. Because we’re in it together. We build each other up. We talk each other through the hard days. We talk a lot about writing, but we also support each other in our parenting, our marriages, and everything else that life has to offer. Special bonus: Our husbands are a great match. That doesn’t always happen, you know.
Anyway, the point is that Jenny and I lean together. And because of that, we are finding our way in this world of writing. We are lifting each other up and providing unconditional support. And that’s how it should be done.
So while the rest of the world is focused on leaning in…Jenny and I are leaning together – and I truly hope you’ll join us.
Please stop by HuffPost Women to read more about leaning together.
