Origin Story
Every superhero has an origin story.
A long time ago (13 years and 3 months ago to be precise) I had just announced my first pregnancy to my parents. I’m not sure what reaction I was expecting, after all this was grandchild number 6 for them, but what I got left me a little stunned. My mom gave me a hug, then looked at me with a worried face and asked, “Are you sure you have enough patience for this?” And so Impatient Mama was born. She was just an idea then. A daydream, a maybe-one-day-when-I-have-time …
Today I have three kids, 12, 9 and 5, and I’ve been married to their father for almost 14 years. Reading that makes me smile. Turns out I did have enough patience. Not A LOT, but enough. This blog is about me and my life, the things I bake, and the things I make, all in the pursuit of patience.