The Power of Vulnerable Storytelling in Motherhood
Mom Babes:
A Motherhood Anthology
The MomBabe community started with a simple observation: Moms want more.
After being a huge fan of the first MomBabes Motherhood Anthology, I thought writing a chapter in Volume 2 would be easy. I’m a writer, I’m an author, and my favourite topic is motherhood.
I was so wrong.
Sharing my story in The MomBabes: A Motherhood Anthology Volume 2 hasn’t been easy, but it has been more enriching than I ever dreamed. I began with an empty page and let the words pour out. I haven’t had a straightforward motherhood journey and I’ve written lots about it, so that was an easy place to start. I wrote about a gestational heart disease diagnosis, postpartum anxiety, identity struggles, and the loneliness I’ve felt since becoming a mum. But what kept coming up in my writing was my own Dad, and the pain of parenting without one of my own parents alive to be part of it. I’ve never written about my Dad; I don’t talk much about my grief anymore except with a select few. But as I began, it was all I could write about.
I miss him so much.
My Dad would have been an incredible Grandpa, and I hate that he never got the chance.
I hope stories like mine and the 17 other incredibly vulnerable stories in this book make someone feel less alone, like it’s okay to grieve in waves, and that when the plan changes and everything is unexpected, there’s love to be found.
Jenn Wint
Jenn is a passionate and easily-inspired Public Relations & Communications specialist. She is the Founder of WINT Communications, regular contributor to VancouverMom.ca as well as Mama to two littles and wife to an animated Irishman. Jenn suffered postpartum anxiety after the birth of her daughter and in an attempt to explain her ‘tummy knots’ to her young son, began writing a children’s book. After “post-pandemic anxiety” kicked in, she knew it was time to share this story with the world.
Jenn loves sharing the unique stories of brands she works with and is excited to tell her own stories through a fictional lens. She lives in Vancouver Canada where she’s on a continual quest to find the best chocolate chip cookie in the city.
