Hi, I’m Alison and I’m a Malaysian mother of two boys, Monkey (born December 29, 2009) and Scrumplet (born May 8, 2012).
Here, this is us.
Not too shabby a bunch, are we?
Weren’t you known as Mama Wants This before?
Yes! I was writing at (and as), Mama Wants This, and felt fettered by the name so I took a leap and tucked it away. I wanted, no, needed to go beyond telling stories of motherhood. I needed a space that I could freely write about facets of me that is not just mother.
What does your tagline mean?
Writer. Mother. Wish Maker. Memory Keeper.
I am more than just a mother of two boys. I’ve been writing in some form or other since I was a kid – poems, stories, even songs. I wanted to be a journalist but ended up on the other side – I was in public relations and marketing for 10 years. I wrote press releases, speeches, biographies, newsletters, proposals. And now, I write this blog.
And of course, I am a mother. My children make it easier for me to get out of bed every morning. They make my days long, and short. Hard, and easy. But always joyful and full of the little things in life that give us fullness in our hearts.
They are mostly the reason I continue to write this blog. This is where I want to make wishes for them, and for me. To make those wishes come true, or at least try my darndest.
Aside from feeding my voracious narcissistic side, this blog is my space to keep memories. That of my children. I want to be able to look back and know for a fact that this thing happened because hey, I blogged it. Or that this moment was lived and can be relived because hey, I wrote about it. Or that this moment which have no words have been photographed and posted on a Wednesday because well, it’s Wordless Wednesday yo – or in my monthly Memories Captured linkup. I also want my boys to read this one day and know who their mother was. Because that is a gift, isn’t it?
I write this blog for my children. I write this blog for me. But you’re welcome to join in the mayhem (it’s called commenting, or liking on Facebook in these parts). Or watch from the sidelines (hi lurkers!). However you enter this world of writing and wishing, welcome. Stick around. I might even share my chocolate with you.
What else do you do?
I bake! I’m no food blogger by any means, but I do share some favorite recipes here.
Haven’t we seen you somewhere else?
Thanks for asking, yes! I’m a Community Lead at the SITS Girls (a community of over 40,000 women bloggers), as well as the Social Media Editor for World Moms Blog, a site of global writers sharing their stories. I’ve also guest posted for various blogs and sites.
How do we get in touch with you?
Send me an email at alison {at} writingwishing {dot} com.
If you’re obsessed with social media like I am, I’m at these places too.
Facebook - Writing, Wishing
Twitter – AlisonSWLee
Pinterest – AlisonSWLee
StumbleUpon – AlisonSWLee
Instagr.am – AlisonSWLee
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