Trade As One

Cath George, the only woman on our team who can rightfully claim the title of Mom (or “Mum,” as those crazy Brits say), wrote today’s blog post. It’s a toast to Mums everywhere. Enjoy.

There’s no doubt that mums are special and that the mother-child relationship is fundamental to us all.  As we think of our mums with all of our joy/security/regret/insecurity, I’d encourage us all to look out for other mums around us who need encouragement or support at whatever stage they are at- and then, wider than that, to put ourselves in the place of mothers in very tough and poverty stricken corners of our world.  My mind goes to our Trade as One producer mums! 

I propose a toast to Mums near and far.  Here’s to:

• all the mums who struggle, and to all the kids and adults who struggle with their mums,
• mums getting up every night for their kids,
• those getting up at night to check on elderly mums,
• mums struggling to make a wage,
• mums wishing they could feed their kids more nourishing food,
• mums who going without themselves in order to feed their kids,
• mums juggling the responsibilities of work and home, and feeling they are doing neither as well as they’d like,
• brave single mums who are hanging in there and showing fortitude and love,
• mum’s who are the sole bread-winners in their households,
• mums who look after numerous children and several generations,
• grandmothers who are acting as mum’s,
• teenage children who are orphaned and have the role of mum thrust upon them,
• young people who never intended to be a mum quite yet but find themselves in that place,
• the women who would have made fantastic mums but it hasn’t happened for them,
• mums who yearn to see their kids,
• and to mums who’d like a break from them.

So, here’s to the mothers who are the fabulous Trade as One producers! 
We wish you a happy Mother’s Day!  We at Trade as One send you our love and respect and we endeavor to support you as you skillfully and bravely work producing the beautiful and useful products that we enjoy. Thank you!

So if you haven’t already thought of a mother’s day gift for your own mum here in the US then think about a gift from Trade as One- you’ll be sending a message of care and thanks in two directions- to your own mother and to the Trade as One producer mums! 

- Cath George, daughter and daughter in law of a 2 top-notch mothers, and mother to 3 high-energy boys.