I made a post about 3 or 4 months ago about how I didn’t know if I would be blogging much this fall due to how busy I thought I was going to be.

Well…. I was busier than I thought I was going to be and I am just now coming back up for air. I felt like I was in a rough and tumble ocean these past 4 months… and although I’m hesitant to use this word, I truly felt like I was drowning at times.

Whenever I returned from maternity leave (January 2015), I prayed and prayed and prayed that I would have at least 3 sessions a month for Miss Jee’s. My  biggest dream was to have 3 consistent sessions and my little heart would be happy. After shutting down and turning people away for 5 months, my hopes were small for my return. I sit here and I’m literally shaking my head in disbelief at how my 2015 and more specifically, my Fall went. I was blown away at how busy I was when I returned from maternity leave, but yall… let me tell you about these past 4 months.

Here’s an example… In the first 3 weeks of November…. I had 16 sessions and a birth. Let me spell that out in case you missed it. SIXTEEN sessions in 21 days. At the beginning of November, I had to announce that I was booked for the rest of 2015. That crazy part? 2016 doesn’t look any different. I’m already booking into May of 2016.

These past 4 months have been some of the most trying times for me. I wasn’t prepared for just how busy I was going to get. I didn’t plan rest days or family days…. I just went full steam ahead for 4 months. I would wake up at 4 am to work until 6 or 7 (when B would wake), and every minute that he was asleep, I was working. I’m now in recovery mode. All of the things I have put off these past couple of months, now I’m finding time to do them! They say you live and you learn, ain’t that the truth. There were so many things that I learned this Fall that I will be implementing for 2016 to make sure I’m the best mom and the best business woman that I can be. I’m going to make sure I have a boat that floats for 2016. No more drowning.

What a validating year 2015 has been. Do you know how many times I have questioned myself for not going to a 4 year university? For taking 6 years to get an associates degree. How many times I have doubted that I was on the right track. How embarrassed I was that my husband paid all the bills while I worked to build MJP?

2015 though…

I finally can stand on a mountain top looking over 2015. All the valley’s, the ditches, the hills, the mini mountains and I throw my hands up and I yell, “I did it yall.” I have worked so hard for this year for the past 5 years.

I built a successful and thriving business from the ground up and I’m bringing in an actual income. The best part? I’m still able to be a stay at home mom. All the glory to God!

So cheers to what 2016 holds. I know it will be the best year yet… which says a lot because 2015 was pretty grand.

I finally have some time to start blogging again. I have so much to share about what I have learned over the past 4 months. I hope you’re ending 2015 on a high note as well. If not, the only way is up! Keep moving forward!