Yes, yes, we actually live in Vegas.  

Oftentimes moving to a new town is off-putting at best, a total mind-bender at worst but most certainly always a trip...especially when you're moving to or living in Fabulous Las Vegas.  I love the rarity of meeting a born&bred Las Vegan and I'm blessed to say our youngest is a Native Son. This is a town many consider to be glitz, glam, decadence, frills & chills & wild rides & a whole-lotta-raunch-with-no-in-between.  Our days are hot and our nights are long.  I'm here to tell you there is an altered reality; one that involves families, friends, community & humility.  

I'm here to tell you Vegas is for us, too.

Becoming a mother is one part exhilarating and another part terrifying. Pursuing all that you can be with a baby on your breast/bottle and maybe another running circles around your sneaks, sometimes we need our village to inject words of wisdom we so desperately crave.  VEGASMAMAS™ is building our cyber-village . . . because it takes a village.

VEGASMAMAS' goal is to unite the mamas of Vegas (and beyond!), propel our growing sense of community and render VEGASMAMAS™ into our own mommy metropolis; we'll feature Interviews, Vegas Living excerpts, Kidcentric indulgences and musings from the Mama Mind.

If you agree that Vegas is a brilliant place to live although, at times, you need directions/solidarity/spark/inspo navigating its wonderment then this site is for you.

VEGASMAMAS™ is you.  I love you.

VEGASMAMAS™ was created in the darkened & hushed wee morning hours as I couldn't sleep all-night-long literally exploding with need to funnel my creativity.  Once you've had babies and exited the workplace over five years ago it's nearly impossible to get back in; the following is what I wrote that night: here I sit at my pseudo-desk, my glowing résumé has not peeked any interest in a year straight, one part frustrated and another part exasperated, I need a job, an outlet, an identity outside of my suburban life.  I need traction.  For myself & my family.  On this late Saturday morning of 11/19/2016, a few hours after midnight I created VEGASMAMAS™.  Later that morning my mother read me my daily horoscope:

"If you work in a creative field, you may receive a wonderful royalty or residual check, advance, grant or award for your artistic endeavors."  Susan Miller's Astrology Zone

This world can be harsh, it's beautiful and confusing.  I take my affirmations wherever I can get them and, let it be known on this day, I acknowledge this much-needed sign and graciously accept it into my future.  

Welcome to this world, VEGASMAMAS™.  It's beautiful here.