Here’s the bottom line, mom-to-mom … raising kids in today’s environment is tough. We’ve all seen the meme about doing enough but making sure we’re not doing too much. It’s a hard balance. It’s no wonder we get overwhelmed sometimes, but burnout is not an option. 

So what is? How about a great night with your mom friends? Even better if it’s not your run-of-the-mill “Let’s grab dinner and drinks!” We feel so fortunate to have gotten to go on the NoCo Moms Group Bites and Bevs Crawl recently, and we can suggest that you might try out something similar.

To start: transportation was included (shoutout to former member Leah Joy of Mint Julep Tours, who helped us organize the whole thing.) No worries about who has to be the designated driver. 

Then we were off to New Albany and The Exchange. Several of us were looking around, wondering where we were going … we were definitely outside of our comfortable little circle. But that was part of the magic. We rounded out the night with stops at Volare and then Hotel Genevieve. At each stop, we had a set menu of tapas with a preselected choice of cocktails. 

All super enjoyable, but the best part was the way our group shifted as the night went on. The people you sat next to changed. You got to know people you hadn’t had a chance to chat with before. And you found connections you didn’t even know you were missing.

Our moms' group plans a ton of fun events throughout the year, but all of us on this little crawl thought it was one of the best. We had lots of votes to try the Christmas market tour that Mint Julep offers around the holidays. And now our tribe of moms to share the load of motherhood is just a little bit bigger!

NoCo Moms Group is a 501(c)(7) social club made up of moms who live in or own businesses/property in Norton Commons. For more information, visit https://nocomoms.wildapricot.org/join-us