Named for the woman who showed me what care looks like.
I never grew up with a lot of material things. My mother didn’t say “I love you” — not as far back as I can remember. I never doubted it for a second.
I knew because of what she did. I never missed a day of school. I never went hungry. On the days when the weather was bad and half the class stayed home, I was one of the five kids who showed up. She would have moved heaven and earth for me, and she proved it in a hundred small, unglamorous ways.
That taught me work ethic. It taught me how to be present for my responsibilities. It taught me to think about how my actions land on other people.
She never formally taught me how to be self-motivated or confident, or how to handle a hard situation strategically. She didn’t have a degree. She had strength, wisdom, courage, love and character. She is kind and welcoming, and she loves people — especially the most vulnerable ones, children and seniors.
I grew up holding on to the small pieces of advice she gave. If you can help someone, don’t hesitate. Never be selfish with food. Always help the kids with their homework, because you’re smart. I had no idea at the time that any of it was shaping the person I would become.
I studied business administration in college, but it wasn’t my passion. I kept asking myself what my mother would do in a given situation. I wanted to uplift people, support them, nurture them, teach them, and help them reach their full potential. So I changed course and became a nurse. It was the best decision of my life, because it gave me a first-hand chance to change lives.
It still wasn’t enough. I know there are future versions of me out there who never got what I got: the right person, at an impressionable age.
That is what Mama’s Footsteps is. We hand-pick people with a real passion for making the world better one child at a time, we train them, and we place them with families who want that for their children.
They walk in my mama’s footsteps. And they create future leaders, teachers, and people who make someone’s life better just by entering the picture.
— [FOUNDER NAME], RN, Founder
Caregiver and child, natural light,
warm neutral tones. 1200 × 1500,
What you get
Four things this business is built on.
- Everyone needs a good example to follow. It is the difference between a person who can motivate themselves and a person who spends their life waiting for the world to do it for them.
- Character is taught by the adults who are actually present, not by the ones who mean well from a distance.
- Children need resilience, compassion, structure and kindness to hold their own in an unpredictable world.
- The people who do this work deserve to be treated as professionals.
If that is the kind of care you want in your home, let's talk.
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