Name: Frechic Austin
Age: 29
Kids: Several! Just kidding, I have three. Cameron is 11, Chanelle is 6, and Israel is 5.
Blog/Business URL: FromLemons2Lemonade.com
Whenever I have a moment of free time I look forward to…
Eating and enjoying the presence of friends in an informal atmosphere. I love to sit and listen to my friends while we discuss positive things that we are doing in our lives. We drink wine and curl our feet up on the couch and just pour out to each other. I really value my relationships with my friends and I love to be there for them. Any opportunity to just sit and talk in each other’s living rooms is just therapy for us all.
My mommy superpower is….
Actually I had to think about this one! I really don’t consider myself to have any “superpower” HOWEVER if I had to choose one thing that sets me apart from other mothers is my ability to stay calm. I rarely yell at my kids. People think it’s so funny. My children could be acting a COMPLETE fool in public and I look at them and calmly say, “Okay. If you want to make bad choices that is up to you. But I’ll tell you what, bad choices bring bad outcomes.” They pretty much know what that means so they straighten up really quickly. Even when it comes to me disciplining them, I am really calm. I speak in an even tone and carry out whatever discipline without resorting to yelling. It’s got to be really bad for me to yell.
On really tough days I…
Get away and escape in a book. My mind is always at 100. I’m constantly working, cleaning, teaching, and working some more. My mind can never relax. But my favorite thing to do since I was 7 is to escape in books. I love old Romantic Victorian novels. I believe it’s because it’s so different from my own life that I can actually escape into another life for an hour or so. If I were reading something similar to my own life I’d spend time drawing comparisons and thinking too much. That’s no fun. LOL.
The thing that scares me the most about motherhood is….
What scares me most is my children growing up without morals, a healthy fear of God, and becoming unproductive members of society. I know that’s a mouthful but that’s honestly what I’m working so hard to do. If these things fall through, I will feel like a failure as a mother. I want to leave a legacy by instilling these values in my children as best as I can.
The thing that excites me the most about motherhood is….
My children growing up and building healthy and happy families. I long for the day when my future husband and I can sit in our home while it’s full of the children we created and raised in our blended family. I want our walls filled with the laughter of our grandchildren, smiles on our children’s and their spouse’s faces, and my heart will be full. J
I know for sure I’m passionate about….
Creating structures in our society to enrich and encourage support centered around single parents.
If my kids can only remember one thing I teach them, I hope it’s…..
Nothing in this world matters if you don’t have a right relationship with God and your family.
I feel like a great mom when….
My children tell me that I am. They are all that matters. I love when people in the community say that I’m a good mom but it means the most to me when my kids tell me. I’m doing it all for them.
My personal motto is…..
“My first responsibility is my home. If my home ain’t right, I ain’t right.”
One thing that would make motherhood easier is if….
We had a village like we used to. If family, friends, and neighbors collectively supported each home and family. No man (or woman) was meant to be an island. We wouldn’t have to worry so much about the safety of our children if everyone looked out for one another.