Hi there! Welcome to Simply Oby, a food, travel, and lifestyle blog. Here, you can get tips for wholesome living, new recipes, and interesting posts to live your best life. Despite your idea of fun either as a parent or not, you can be sure to share my experiences of being a wife, a mom, and traveling with kids.
My goal is to get you inspired to live and explore the world be it abroad or in the comfort of your home through food, travel, and lifestyle.
WHY I STARTED SIMPLY OBY
I get asked that question a lot. Why did you decide to start this journey and why now? Anyways, Simply Oby is not new. My passion for cooking, baking, and lifestyle has always spurred me to share tips and my experiences in life to help others. Coupled with becoming a mom, I was even compelled to share more. As a black woman who married a Portuguese, it was not easy to fit into the new world I found myself in. From a whole new language to a different culture, it was not a smooth ride at first. However, I loved the man I met and married and I learned how to embrace the role of a wife, motherhood, a changing body, and a new environment!
While being a stay-at-home and caring for my babies then, I was enthusiastic to give them the best and all the love they deserved.
The process of motherhood taught me a whole new way of life and I used my experiences which I learned over the years to share with other young mothers who were struggling like myself back then.
So as time went by, I was always moved when I saw other young moms struggling or trying to juggle out motherhood and family. I relentlessly tried to support as much as possible. Through sharing and problem-solving, I was encouraged by a colleague at work to start my blog where I could document life’s experiences to help other young mothers out. Since the tips I shared were so useful, they felt that other young mommies needed the same encouragement instead of just in our workplace.
From the onset of moving and living in Portugal, I never had a nanny and so I learned how to handle my problems myself. Now that my kids are grown and have entered their teen years except for one, it is a testimonial to other mothers who are in my kind of situation to know that it is possible. Being married to a man who worked abroad most times and I was mostly alone without him. However, he is the most supportive partner when he was around.
As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, adapting to this new life in Portugal was not easy. I found comfort in my home, especially in my kitchen. I started creating and developing recipes and documented them even though I didn’t share them with anyone or online. Initially blogging with blogspot while at home, I paused after I got a regular job. 10 years later, I was encouraged to pick up where I left off and here we are today!
Since childhood, cooking and baking have been an integral part of me and with time, I developed my skills which have now become a passion. With being a stay-at-home mom, I achieved my dream!
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Beautiful posts
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