"*deep breath*. Where do I even start? Have I told you yet that you can sit with us? 

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I prayed you'd find your way here. No, really. 

 

I created this with you in mind. The majority of my life I felt like I lived in a world where I had to fit in certain molds to be seen, heard, appreciated, loved and worthy. Whether it was social molds, religious molds, motherhood molds, there was a narrative that if I didn’t fit into a specific box I wasn’t quite worthy. I felt as though I was constantly missing the mark of life acceptance. It was suffocating, always trying to keep up or show up in ways that felt...just not me. 

 

I didn't let my voice be TOO heard, or my laugh TOO loud. I silenced my spiritual ideas because they were TOO different. I stifled my dreams because they were TOO big. Everything about me seemed a little TOO much for anyones lunch table of life. 

 

I didn't sit with anyone, but if I did I was evolving to fit their appropriateness (is that a word?).

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Until I realized I could build my own lunch table. A lunch table with laughter so loud it was never too loud. With voices so accepting ideas were applauded. With dreams so exciting all you could hear were the cheerleaders. 

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I wanted a lunch table where you didn't have to wonder if there was a seat for you, because it was already SAVED for you. 

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Womanhood, motherhood, manhood, it doesn't matter the hood, can be...confusing. But where you sit shouldn't be. Because you can ALWAYS sit with us. 

 

Here, you're wanted.   

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xx, Sydney.