MY STORY

HEY MOMMA, I’M ASHLEY HARRELL

I truly believe my purpose in life is to be a mother. I have felt this way my entire life and now that it’s my reality, I can say with confidence that this is why I was put on this earth. Now, due to unexpected life events, I have found a deeper purpose which is to share my passion for motherhood with you.

How I got here was entirely unexpected, but everything happens for a reason.

I am LIVING my dream of being a stay-at-home, working mother… and here’s how it happened.

Right out of college I began working a full-time corporate healthcare job, spending every Monday through Friday slaving away for a biweekly paycheck. Following the path that society expects you to take when it comes to building a career. 

After many years in my corporate career, I met my husband on a blind date in 2020 and 3 years later we tied the knot. We knew we wanted to start a family right away and fortunately I got pregnant 2 months into trying.

We welcomed our beautiful baby girl in February 2024 and our life has been infinitely better ever since! 

As my maternity leave was expiring, I was growing more and more anxious about learning how to balance motherhood with my full-time corporate job, but I trusted in myself that I would take it day by day and learn how to balance my new working mom life. 

What happened next changed everything.

I was laid off from my job days before I was supposed to return to work from maternity leave. 

After I had given 6 years of hard work to that company I was let go like none of it ever mattered.

I was outraged at the thought that they could lay off a young woman who just became a new mother, still navigating the constant ups and downs that come with postpartum life like it was nothing. But once the dust settled and I was able to reflect,

I had convinced myself that I was happy in my mundane corporate routine. That by following  what I thought was expected of me, I was doing what I was supposed to. But I realized that what may feel like something you’re supposed to do isn’t what you are necessarily meant to do.  

My long term goal was always to be able to stay at home with my babies, so when I stumbled upon another blogger who had a life changing event similar to mine and turned to blogging, I knew it was a sign.

So, my blog Mother to Mother was born.

Cultivating a genuinely fulfilling life that allows me to focus on my lifelong passion of being a mother has never felt more right.  

I encourage all momma’s to cling to their passions as it can be easy to feel a little lost while learning their new “normal”.