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“Thank You Mummy” Merci Maman, is a timeless brand offering original and charming personalised jewellery and has won the hearts of many all around the world with their sentimental pieces. Merci Maman translates to ‘thank you Mummy’ in English and the founder’s aim was to celebrate the bond between mother and child through the brand. This spring, they have brought together five women, including Cherubs editor Sevim Safer, to share their journey through motherhood, the challenges, the rewards and most of all, what motherhood has taught them. Sevim was extremely lucky to have been part of this whole campaign, and she felt honoured to be telling her story alongside four wonderful and inspirational women. Merci Maman have a range of pieces from £39, to be hand-engraved. Purchase online at mercimamanboutique.com
Here, Cherubs presents abridged versions of interviews with the five mums, conducted by Merci Maman’s Eve Langhorn. You can also read the full versions on the brand’s website. Enjoy.
E. Please introduce yourself K. Hi I’m Kelly Knox, I am a model and activist for the representation of disability, in fashion, beauty, motherhood and all about that self-love. @itskellyknox E. So how did you find your journey to motherhood?
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Motherhood is the most magical, beautiful, exhausting, challenging journey ever. I feel so blessed and so grateful to have my two children. Children have a really clever and unique way of showing you ways where you need to show up more, and heal, and they just give so many gifts. Even though when you give birth to your children, you’re also being birthed as a mother, and that’s a very precious and beautiful thing. I absolutely love being a mum and I’m loving this journey, I just feel that it’s very emotional knowing that these two little people are going to be on this journey of life with me forever. It’s all about love and kindness, and care, and nurturing, and I feel so happy and lucky – no matter how hard it is at times it’s always so precious.
E. What is the most rewarding, and the most challenging aspect of motherhood? K. I think the most challenging thing is the 10 | Cherubs Magazine
no sleep bit, because when I miss out on so much sleep it really does affect me, I can feel quite anxious, my mind plays tricks on me, but when I’ve had that nice bit of sleep I feel like ‘right I’ve got this’. I think with my first born he wasn’t keen on sleeping from the get-go, so that was a massive ‘oh my god, is this what it’s going to be like’, so the second time round I was completely prepared for
the same. But with Elsie she was totally different, like we all are, a completely different baby and she slept from the get-go. I thought ‘is this how babies are meant to be sleeping?’ until she got to about four months and teething happened,and then it all went downhill. Even now, the other night there were four of us in the bed together with Jensen we co-slept for a very long time but I think it’s nice because I breastfed him until he was two and I feel like having that time together in bed, and feeding and bonding was so rewarding. So, even though it is a massive challenge missing out on all that sleep, it’s also the most rewarding because I just feel like having that time together, being up all night, plus the feeding, has given us that bond and that love.
E. What has being a mother taught you?
K. We’re just capable of so much more than what we believe, and everything and anything is possible. I think we’re chosen to birth because we have the magic and strength... mothers are the only beings who can transport a soul from one plane to the next - isn’t that just magic?
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