Her First Role Model

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    Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall. Who’s This I See? Could It Be Me?

    March 22, 2019 /

    A big part of this blog is sharing my own personal parenting adventures. To do that, I’ll end up sharing a lot about my daughter too. She’s 5-years-old, loves the color purple, expresses herself best through dance and song, and always insists on checking out the massive Anaconda during our zoo visits (it’s been her favorite animal since age 2). Have you ever heard the phrase, “It’s a Minnie-Me”? When I became a mom, I really wasn’t expecting my own child to resemble myself. I’m not talking about physical attributes so much. Genetically, I knew my daughter would likely have reddish blond hair, blue eyes and my button nose. Her…

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  • The Tribe

    Meet Karen Ray: My First Mommy Role Model

    March 22, 2019 /

    I chose to interview my friend and first mommy role model, Karen Ray, because it was a weekend at her home and with her kids that stretched my imagination. My ex-husband and I were asked to home sit with her kids in it. From making meals to playing in the backyard, it was like playing an adult version of “house”. Until that weekend, I never once considered having children of my own. More than that I had made the choice to not be a parent. There are a lot of other circumstances that changed in my life and brought me to this day, a day when being a mom is…

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Hi! I’m Mandy Bond, mom, writer and curator of Her First Role Model, a blog for women and the women they are raising. We are part of a tribe where the voices are many and varied. Let me introduce you to some of those voices. They’re my mommy role models and their daughters. No topic is off limits and I’ll share my own successes and failures as live into being my daughter’s first role model.

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