MP Story by Stephanie Fredrickson (Howell, MI)

Web Designer * Mother of 3 (minus 1) * Sweet Boutique Design

My Mommy Power story: I have 3 children, 1 very special little boy who passed away from Neuroblastoma in 2000 at the age of 2 1/2. The other two girls that I have are thankfully healthy are 7 and 2 and are everything to me. I’ve had many bad things happen in my life. Quite a few good things too. I was lucky enough to be able to start my own business a couple of years ago that I had always dreamed of. Not really the way I wanted to though, it made me really sad and I should have been happy. The reason I was able to do that was my father passed away (he was my best friend) and left me a small inheritance. I decided to be the best I could at everything at that point. Life is way too short not to and make the most of everything. So, I’ve been running a fairly successful business from home, take care of my girls, my husband and still manage to get dinner on the table most every night.

I’ve looked back over my life and thought I could have given up many times. MANY TIMES. For some reason I didn’t. I kept my faith, and knew my children needed me to be strong for them through bad times and good. My mommy power story speaks for itself, bad things happen, so do the good things, but I always try to take time for myself and make my girls feel loved. Somewhere, somehow, when things are at their worst, this mommy power kicks and takes over. I’ve been able to take things in stride and the lessons I’ve learned from loss, success, love, and motherhood have hopefully made me a better mom.