Hello! Welcome to The Good & Pleasant!
I’m excited to finally launch this project and see it grow and take shape. My goal is to use The Good & Pleasant to build a diverse community of ordinary women doing the extraordinary through their gifts and highlight women who are willing to be transparent and open their lives to others. We are all so different, with varying talents, ideas, traditions and we all have something to learn from one another.
My idea for the Good & Pleasant grew out of my passion for community and seeing people gather and grow in relationships. You would think that a person with this passion/vision would be extremely outgoing, extroverted and have tons of friends right? Well not exactly, its just little ol’ me and most days I feel opposite of that. I wish I could say I know exactly what I'm doing but I don’t, so the fun part is figuring it out! It hasn’t been easy, I’ve doubted myself and I’ve tried to talk myself out of it a few times but that little voice inside me has kept me going, and, so, finally here it is and I’m excited to share more about it with you!
In a world where bloggers make life look picture perfect and cute moms on Instagram just get cuter by the post, we are sometimes left with the impression that we’re not enough, or important. I’m here to debunk that and shine light on the beauty that we ordinary women make! Don't get me wrong, while I love following bloggers and interesting people on social media there are countless of women in my life that I admire and feel like others would find encouraging and interesting as well.
So that is my goal. To gather ideas from the women around me.
I’ve gotten too comfortable scrolling through Pinterest that I’ve failed to look up and learn from the women in front of me! I’ve often gotten recipes online from people I have zero ties to but some of my favorites are from friends who have shared theirs with me, that recipe is more cherished to me.
So here’s what you can expect.
- Community. I want you to get to know the women and families I know that are just like you and I and some that might be completely different than you! I want to celebrate our differences so we can learn from one another and create a common bond within our similarities.
- Honesty. Expect women like you to share their thoughts, struggles, triumphs and stories. From friendships, hospitality, motherhood, marriage and everything in between. Be ready to be encouraged by women who are imperfect an know life can be messy and hard but also full of joy and excitement; we are all in different seasons but we can all relate as women.
- Celebration. I love me some parties and holidays! I want to share how we celebrate as a family and how others celebrate as well! We all have different traditions and I think it's awesome when we can take someones fun tradition and be inspired to begin traditions of our own.
- Food. Expect lots of yummy food. I love trying new recipes, asking for recipes. I love that food is something we all have in common and how it has the power to bring people together.
- Creativity. I want to share with you how I create, from crafts to home decor and also how others create too. Creativity comes in many shapes and sizes and I’m excited to share with you the creative women that inspire me.
- Self Expression. This one terrifies me a little because it means I’ll let you in a little more into our lives. But I also feel it will challenge me creatively and will encourage me to keep creating. I’ll share more about me, how we do life, some of our favorite things and all the mishaps in between.
- Encouragement. My hope is that if you’re like me you would also step out of your comfort zone and start pursuing the women who are around you. That you would know you are not alone, that you are able and that encourgement can be found here.
Get ready! Be patient as I tackle this project and figure out what I’m doing!
Are you ready? Ready to create, ready to try new things, ready to inspire others? I'd love to hear from you! If you want to share an idea, a recipe, a project you have going on please contact me! I’d love to feature you and make you part of this community! Lets make Good & Pleasant things happen!
