10/22/2021
Wow! What a journey. As we enter the last 24 hours of Kickstarter for Mommy Goes To Work I want to jot down the 3 things I feel most grateful about in the last few months leading to where we are today: 🙋♀️🙋♂️more than 500 backers. 📚50 books donated, and 💰more than $28,000 to bring Mommy Goes To work to life! We have almost TRIPLED our goal!
💛 #1 The stories I’ve heard:
The feeling of knowing my book has touched people’s hearts and become part of their story is even more magical than I expected. We sent advance copies to friends and early testers, and what they wrote back encouraged me to keep going: “Love that this book is out in the world. I totally choked up the first time I read it to my kids!” “The kids' eyes LIT UP when we started reading, and my 5-year-old says: ‘Mama, how does Auntie Jossy KNOW about what we do!?’” I almost cried. My kids had this clear moment of ‘someone gets us.’ It was beautiful.” “I recently got promoted at work and am fretting telling my boss about being pregnant and taking maternity leave. This book is such an inspiration, as it reminds me how proud I am to be a (soon to be) working mother, and someday read this story to my son.” I saved all those messages, they reminded me why I am doing this.
💛 #2 The friends I’ve heard from:
I didn’t expect to reconnect with friends from all stages of my life (including kindergarten classmates!). My heart melted while I saw familiar names on the backer list, those I talk to every week or those I didn’t see for a long time. And I’m so thrilled about the new friends with a shared mission that I have met through this project. I can’t wait to collaborate and make the world a better place for working mothers!
💛 #3 The family supporting me:
Guess where the Mommy Goes To Work rewards were being assembled? My grandma’s house in by our family team! It’s literally from our family to yours! Opening a new school, raising a young family, and launching a new book all at the same time wasn’t easy. My husband Matt has always been my bedrock and steady beat of our sometimes a little too crazy rhythm. Our boys Jeremy and Timothy asked us everyday “how many people want to buy Mommy goes To Work now? 352? Wow, that is bigger than 3!” We are grateful that we got to create something purposeful as a family, go through the ups and downs together, and finally bring it to the world.
Thank you, every single one of the 510 backers and more working mom supporters who will join us in the future - you are our Co-Creators who made this possible! We can’t wait to develop the Mommy Goes To Work book series to support more moms and inspire more kids! 🤰🤱👩👧👩👦
Love,
Jossy
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