The SpecialMoms Parenting Magazine 1st Issue | Page 39

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want to see you succeed and will help. Seek out

was, know what horse raise you are in and be

advice from volunteer or support organizations

comfortable with that. For now, I am comfortable

such as S.C.O.R.E. or your local Small Business

in my horse race; it allows me to work my business

Development Centers. Don’t be afraid. There are

and still spend time with my sweet baby girl, while

no dumb questions. No one will steal your idea.

she is still at home.

You will learn and grow a lot. I know, as Mom’s,

What was the biggest struggle
you encountered when starting
your business/charity?

we tend to think we have to and can do it all
(Remember, I’m a mad hatter…I know this!), but
we really do need to be comfortable with asking
and receiving help.
2. Know what horse race you are in! A fellow
entrepreneur shared this with me, and I love it.
It grounds me and puts me back in touch with
reality. I have a tendency to be over anxious, an
over achiever, and impatient. Not a good trio. LOL.
This friend, after listening to some of my business
questions, flat out asked me, “Barb, hat horse race
are you in?” I replied, “Huh?!” She went on to ask
if I was running in the county fair, state race, or
the Kentucky Derby, and if I was using county,
state or Kentucky race money or time? She
asked “Can you really run in the Kentucky Derby
if you’ve only trained for the county fair, with a
county fair budget and time?” She said win a few
races; get some experience and over time you
can compete in the Kentucky Derby. The point

I literally started creating the illustrations for
Caregiver Cards, at night, after the girls went to
bed. How many of you have and still do that?! So,
from the beginning to now, my biggest struggle
has been time, the management of it, and the
acceptance of what gets done during the time
I have. I am a person that if I have 20 items to do