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I need a hug from DW. This video always ALWAYS leaves me in tears.  The reality and glory of motherhood. It’s all about self-sacrifice ain’t it? All for our kids. Everything for our family.

Teka, I need another tissue hahaha. And I need to hug my mom extra tight tonight

I can’t stop gushing over Mommy Matter’s newest campaign. Not only because it features four fine modern moms who I’m proud to say are my friends online and offline but because the message it conveys is simple — all moms are awesome in their own unique ways. Isn’t that beautiful and empowering?

The #RealMom campaign features (from left to right) fabulous mom bloggers and mompreneurs Kris who blogs at OcMominManila.com and tweets as @ocmominmanila, Eli of Painterswife.com and @painterswifeph, Paola of MommyTreats and @mommy_treats and Martine of Daintymom.com and @dainty_mom

Each mom has her own poster with her own #RealMom statement. The statements highlight the fact that all of us moms are so different but we are all the same in our goal of loving and nurturing our families in the best way we can.I can attest to these moms’ statements. You can’t get any more real than these guys. Having a blog means baring a part of your soul to the public and these moms have all shared their trials, wins and more importantly their learnings all in their own blogs.

The individual posters can be found after the cut.

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Paola

Martine

Kris

Eli

Mommy Matters is co-owned by Janice Villanueva, a mompreneur who runs MommyMundo who is behind Expo Mom, Expo Kid, Pregnant Pause, Mommmy Milkshake Marathon and the free zines Urban Mom and the free directory, Mommy Pages among many others.  Mommy Matters is a brand of stylish and comfortable nursing wear. These #RealMoms are all breastfeeding their little ones currently

I love how her company is so supportive of other moms. Janice and crew, I salute you all in this really wonderful campaign!

To Kris, Eli, Paola and Martine cheers to spreading the #RealMom manifesto!! You guys rock!

How about you? What’s your Real Mom statement? Post it at the Mommy Matters facebook page here   or tweet it to @MommyMattersph with the hashtag #RealMom

As for me my #RealMom statement is:

Being a mom is like being in a one-woman circus and sometimes the most important role you have to play is that of a clown

Below my dear friends is the Holstee Manifesto. It was a mission-vision statement formed by three friends who founded Holstee in the summer of 2009. They had just quit their jobs and were faced with the possibility of being able to do whatever they wanted.

This manifesto resonated around the world. To date, it  has been viewed over 60 million times and shared by even more people. The message is simple, honest and is brimming with an overwhelming sense of positivity. It beautifully states what we all yearn for — to be able to live a simple but meaningful life; to start doing what one wants to do and to live out one’s passion(s).

This manifesto was the first thing I remembered when I learned about Smart’s Live More campaign. The ad below ends with this statement “because your time is your life, and the less of it you waste, the more of it you live”. SMART wants us to stop wasting our time over things that don’t enrich our lives and which prevents us from connecting with the people who matter most. Smart’s campaign is an advocate of making the time that you have right now with the people you love even more meaningful – to Live More!! 

I’ve posted a couple of months ago how torn I am with my day job. Whenever I read the Holstee manifesto or when a campaign such as Smart’s Live More comes along, it makes me wonder even more if where I am is where I should be.

For now, all I have is this little blog. My passion for writing and sharing my  (mis)adventures is encapsulated here. My love for my family and for my little boy DW is entrenched within these pages. At the very least I am living a part of my life out here and with all of you (and thank you for letting me!)

I wish you all the ability to Live More. For all of us I wish we are able to live out the Holstee manifesto for ourselves