rad moms club.
Welcome to the Rad Moms Club: Where the membership is free, and the apparel is rad. What is a Rad Mom, you ask?
It’s simply regular moms doing rad things.
Did you get your kid to school just as the final bell was ringing? Rad! Are you racing between drop off, office, pick up + sports? RAD! Do you find yourself exhausted at the end of the day because of all you’ve accomplished, wearing multiple hats + being everything for everyone? … You’re EXTREMELY rad. And you’re our kinda mama.
So grab some gear + find community here among other regular moms .. doing rad things.
Regular mom, doing RAD things:
Please meet our Rad Mom of the Month, Amanda:
Hey ya’ll! Im Amanda, military wife and boy mom of 2 (ages 10 and 7)! Fun fact: in our family all of our names start with “A” (even our dog). The adventure of our life is messy, loud, and chaotic but simultaneously it’s so RAD… it’s filled with FUN, laughter, and God’s peace.
In our house, we thrive on schedules, meal prepping, chore charts and organization but we absolutely welcome spontaneity and flexibility. We believe it to be so important to find the balance!
With my husband being in the military, our life has been full of change. In the 13 years we have been married we have lived in Florida, California, North Carolina, and now Texas (where we plan to retire). Moving from place to place and starting over each time can be an awesome adventure but it can also take a toll, especially on our kiddos. I have tried to be the constant for my boys and love them fiercely through all the transitions our life has brought us through. My boys have made incredible friendships in different parts of the country that other kids their ages might not have the opportunity to. That also means that they have had to say goodbye to more people than most. Though we have experienced ALL the emotions that this life throws at us, we have always felt so confident knowing that we are exactly where God wants us to be.
God knew what he was doing when He made me a BOY mom! We live at the baseball fields between practices, games, and tournaments and I absolutely LOVE it! It is my happy place! Watching both my boys play ball is a joy like no other! I am their biggest (and loudest) cheerleader! We are in a season of life where our weekends are FILLED with traveling for baseball. It can be exhausting but it’s so worth it and oh so RAD!
I absolutely love being a military wife and boy mom of 2 BUT I am so much more than those labels. I believe it to be so important to still be ME and pursue the best version of myself so that I can be the best mom (a RAD mom) for my boys. I am confident that I am much much more than just a mom. When I can find some purpose outside of our home, my kiddos get the best and most confident version of myself. I have been a dancer for 33 years. It is an art form AND a sport that I love and find so much joy in. I am grateful to have a husband that has supported me through all my dancing endeavors. Throughout the past 18 years I have been a dance teacher, a high school dance/pom coach, a high school dance director, and a dance judge. My dance students in all places I’ve worked have won many titles, championships, and awards. And while I am proud to have taught/coached them to those winnings, I will forever cherish the relationships built and shared with those students. I am so proud of the women they are all becoming. While currently I am only traveling a few weekends of the year to judge dance competitions, I am not working any other dance jobs at the moment. I am currently substitute teaching in my boys’ school district while simultaneously (very slowly but surely) working on my teaching certification so that one day I can teach and run my own dance program in a high school here in Texas. I have big dreams of teaching/coaching, connecting to and mentoring dance students again.
We all know that being a mom is not always glitter and rainbows! It’s messy and exhausting and sometimes downright overstimulating. There are moments that we all feel that we just need a break! We need a break from all the touching, making meals, answering questions, thinking, making decisions, from ALL things mom related. Rest is needed in order to be a RAD mom! My challenge for you is to find your rest in Christ. He is the source of life and pursuing Him will definitely restore your soul. I came to a gut wrenching realization years ago. That while we as moms at times so desperately need breaks from the chaos of motherhood, our Heavenly Father loves us so much that he doesn’t want or need a break from us. Even when we are on the hot mess express train He wants us to PURSUE him constantly. HOW RAD IS OUR GOD?!?!?!