About
Pioneer – noun; a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
Laying in a delivery room bed, waiting to be induced, fear engulfed me. How was I ready to become a mom? It felt like the only mom I knew was… well, my own mom. My husband and I were the first couple to have children out of our group of friends, and as such, I had absolutely no idea what to expect. The good, the bad, the first smiles, the tantrums? I had no clue what was about to come.
They say that no one and nothing can prepare you for parenthood. In some ways, that can be true. But in others, this couldn’t be more off the mark. There are so many things I wish someone had told me, basically all of which can be summed up as, “This feeling you’re feeling? Yeah, it’s normal. You’re not alone.” And thus, The Pioneer Project was born.
I set out to collect essays from other mothers, with the goal of sharing completely unsugarcoated, totally real accounts of motherhood that could be shared with an audience of future mothers. Knowing that you’re not alone is perhaps one of the most simultaneously comforting and empowering feelings there is. This series of essays was compiled to help you feel exactly that.
Thank you to the fabulous mothers who took time out of their already insane lives to collect and share their thoughts for this anthology. Without them, this project would not have been possible.
A pioneer is a person who is among the first to enter a region, opening it up for others to occupy it, too. Well, there are plenty of us out there pioneering motherhood for you, and we’re here to document our messy web of crazy thoughts and observations to enable you to one day more smoothly occupy motherhood yourself.
- Melody Coven