It’s like 11:30 at night, my son is asleep, and I’m in the shower (where I get all my best ideas) when I think to myself, you know what? Fuck it let’s just do this. And here I am.
Hi, I’m Danielle. A small handful of you also know me as The Whiskey Mom, thanks to Instagram and my pathetic excuse for a Twitter account (though I’m trying to get better at that). For years I have felt the urge to sort of connect with people. Not in a sense of like omg I need a million social media followers, but like genuine human interaction, whether that be through the internet or in person. Maybe I was never hugged enough as a child or something, who knows. Totally kidding – if my parents are reading this, relax, you were great. I’ve just been through some shit (though haven’t we all?), the worst of it being just in the past like three years, and it’s fueled this urge to levels that I’ve sort of been obsessing over. And if you take the time to read past this first paragraph, I think you’ll like where I’m going with it.
As long as I can remember, I’ve been the friend that people know they can come to when they need a positive outlook on something. I have a couple close friends currently that come to me for literal pep talks every now and again. Or when someone doesn’t know how to get through something and they feel like no one really understands them. Or if they just need help in general. I’ve actually had numerous people tell me things they have never told anyone, just because I sit and listen. Sometimes it’ll be people I don’t even know very well, and I’ll be walking away wondering what the hell kind of aura I give off to have made that person open up the way they just did. I don’t mind or anything, it just puzzles me sometimes. Maybe I was a therapist in a past life?! But it has always made me happy to do this. Making people laugh is one of my favorite things, especially when a person tells me I won’t be able to get them to even crack a smile. Fortunately for these people, I like a challenge.
But I’m also blunt as fuck. If someone needs my advice about a situation, I’m also the friend that’s like yo bro the shit ain’t gonna work out and here’s why. But by the grace of God I’m somehow able to show empathy through the bluntness, so it works out.
Which brings me to this blog. I love to write. My mom actually has been telling me since high school that I should have gotten a degree in journalism. But that sounded boring to me, and honestly, I felt like going to school for writing would have turned it into a chore and totally killed my passion for it. Yet here I am, over a decade later (mom, maybe you were right), starting a blog, and I actually just started writing a book; sort of a semi-autobiographical drama that combines my story with a few others, about making mistakes and perseverance mixed with a little girl power and overcoming hardships.
Recently I’ve been getting my thoughts out over Instagram (via @thewhiskeymom) with memes and quotes; some I come up with myself and others I find while just scrolling through the main feed. I always wanted to blog but never had a damn clue what I would actually write about. So instead, I had a cupcake business for a few years (that stopped shortly after I got my dog), then a photography business (which I still do currently), then I tried a Twitter (which lasted maybe two weeks). Cupcakes and pictures make people happy, which is great and fuels the need for my creativity, but it did nothing for the sarcastic asshole side of me. Twitter gave me an outlet for my sarcasm, but my thoughts are just so all over the place, and I wasn’t good at it because I wasn’t sure what to ever really say. But thanks to recent events in my life, I think I finally found my niche and what I want to get across to people. I like to write about real life struggles and happiness that come with motherhood, and I like to motivate people to get out of tough situations, while throwing in the occasional curse word and sarcasm that my friends all know me to have – sometimes to a fault.
Still reading?! Awesome, that means you’re kinda down for this idea and kinda showing your support, which means a lot. It would have been impossible for me to write a short intro. Feel free to share this page with others, I really just want to bring some positivity and motivation to people with a few laughs along with way.
Oh, and the whiskey part of all this? I have a big heart and I love to help people, but I’m also fiery and stubborn and sometimes give zero fucks. Plus Jameson is my favorite shit in the world, so it was just fitting.
Welcome to The Whiskey Mom blog!
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