05/10/2026
Today is the first Mother’s Day in 7 years that I haven’t worked the Mother’s Day shift.
Firstly, I acknowledge that there are loads of moms who work every Mother’s Day and not by choice; and in general moms are f*ing bad ass and my understanding of that has only grown as a mom, and watching other friends grow into their mom roles, and appreciating what my own has done for me.
But this is a big milestone for me, and for the business, that I’m not needed on one of our busiest days of the year, and that we’ve grown a team that orchestrated and encouraged me to be off today.
I’m sitting with the feeling that I wish I was there working the line or the espresso machine - not because I’m anxious how things are going on a busy day without me, or because I’m relinquishing control, but because I genuinely love our team the rush I get from slinging a fast Sunday service with them and their Sunday sillies, and the immense gratitude I have for how our community makes us feel, even and especially when our line is out the door.
I have never been more grateful for my and Mike’s own moms and all they’ve done to support us while we’ve grown Scuttlebutt (my mom literally helping me breast feed in the bathroom of our first location when I went back to work ten days postpartum - do not recommend 😵💫), or for the female role models we’ve surrounded ourselves with, and especially the female friendships I have of both moms and pseudo moms, who I got to start this Mother’s Day with by doing one of my favorite things - soaking in freezing ocean water with a coffee - while our team opened without me.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the insanely bad ass moms and motherly figures in our community. This may be a Hallmark holiday but I think that’s ok, we deserve it 🪩💪🏻