Hello Steemians,
I am @cm1 and I’m a homeschool Mom, Author/Artist, Composer/Songwriter, Perpetual Traveler, and a former blogger. I am also a co-creator for Saturn Music & Entertainment (a family homeschool project). Here is a little bit about me:
In my earlier years, I used work for ‘the phone company’. I would often hear about and be involved in projects that were building out infrastructure for new technologies that would be deployed for public consumption (ex: adding 3G data to cellular networks and devices). So when I learned about Bitcoin in 2012, I saw the potential for this to be a huge game-changer. I invested in Bitcoin (at around the $10 price) and started learning as much as I could about new kinds of crypto-tech. Eventually I started blogging about the amazing crypto revolution taking place.
I had to stop blogging for a bit (for reasons I'll explain in a minute), but now I am re-emerging into the blog-o-sphere and will start posting content here on Steemit. I like the idea of posting meaningful content on Steemit and having interest categories to choose from.
Formerly, I blogged under the name CryptoMama for some smaller e-news outfits, that, in the end, weren’t ready to embrace the rising crypto-tech revolution. While editors chose not to publish new crypto-tech articles (and even deleted the ones they felt were too ‘alternative’ for their publication), I remained determined to keep learning about crypto-tech and turn my own learning into homeschool lessons for my young teenage kids. You can read about their blockchain journey on the Steemit Saturn Music & Entertainment page, @saturnme.
I was eager to have my kids explore the tech, the future applications it would eventually create/support, and then report back to me about what they were able to absorb. Simultaneously, I included them in conversations about our family crypto investments, new developments on particular platforms and how/why we thought this future tech would be successful. And, based on our current portfolio, they can see we’ve been able to see the writing on the wall for quite some time.
Of course, there were other reasons for my blogging absence, including the special needs care of my son (new blogger @haydenpatrick) who is now on Steemit to share some of his inspiring works and life stories.
Raising a special needs child has been the toughest and the most beautifully fulfilling experience of my life. When Hayden was younger, he was very embarrassed about having Autism. Two years ago he developed Epilepsy as he entered puberty (which is apparently becoming more common place of Autistic children – so say his neurologists) and we’ve spent the last two years growing through this as a family. It’s been a soul shaping experience for all of us.
Up until now, Hayden has asked me to be very private about his Autism and Epilepsy. Even though former teachers, friends and family have asked me to share how we’ve come so far, despite his multiple diagnosis, I honored Hayden’s wishes.
Recently, Hayden’s had a change of heart. Perhaps this soul shaping gift presented in the form of Epilepsy has helped Hayden see that, through his experiences, and how he views the world, he has a lot to offer those of us willing to see the beauty of his place on this Earth.
Hayden’s new willingness to share his experiences has inspired me to get back into blogging. And now that he is older and has taken a more active role in managing his Epilepsy and homeschool assignments, getting back to blogging is a reality for me.
I am looking forward to sharing more posts here on Steemit. I intend to post blogs relating to my kids, their homeschool projects, travel, music, photography (one of my favorite hobbies), and crypto projects I am interested in.
Thank you for reading!
@cm1
a.k.a CryptoMama
Welcome to family :)
Welcome to the community!
Wellcome to steemit
Welcome to Steem @cm1 I have sent you a tip
Welcome to this incredible platform, @cm1 ... Jack of all trades ;)
Hope you enjoy this place as much as I do. It's not difficult to get started. A little effort will truly go a long way, engagement is key.
Good luck ! You can follow my blog @wannerbet - I'm doing a 100K trading challenge starting very soon !
A great way to start is by Following ,Upvoting & Resteeming people and they will do the same for you.
Thank you @wannerbet. While I have blogged before in the mainstream, Steemit is still very new to me. It seems to have a culture of it's own. I am looking forward to learning the ins and outs of Steemit. Good luck to you too. :)
Welcome to steemit :)
nice post.
I m following you and eager to see your upcoming posts.
Hope you too follow me and give me feedback on my upcoming posts as well.
Thanks @tarunmewara. Looking forward to seeing your future posts. I followed you back.
Welcome to Steemit @cm1!
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Hi there, love the pictures! Newby here myself, my name is Chris. May I take this opportunity to wish you a warm welcome aboard. Wishing you well and hope you make lots of friends :)
Thank you @ascended. My kids really like Steemit so I am happy that I got on board with them. Best of luck with your blogging. :)
Hey, there! Welcome on Steemit! I am a homeschool mother myself and, although he was never properly diagnosed, my son also has some autistic traits. Not much, fortunately! Anyway, I was shocked to read about epilepsy... I just hope it is manageable.
Good thing that you are able to teach him about cryptocurrencies...I barely understand these things myself, but as my son spends a lot of time on the Internet I guess at some point he'll be able to teach me a few things. Will be following you and Hayden.
Thank you @ladyrebecca. I'm glad to have found another homeschool mom here on Steemit. :-) Crypto is definetly a lot to wrap your mind around. I'm glad to have introduced it to my kids early enough for them to grasp some of these concepts. Pretty soon, they will be teaching me! Folowing you back :)
Nice to "meet" you! I'm writing about homeschooling my three, chickens and the occasional bit of randomness. Hope you'll follow back! @beriberi
@cm1 Homeschooling is an excellent calling. My wife and I just started our homeschooling business for expats here in Malaysia.
I loved reading about @haydenpatrick yesterday, and now I came across YOU in my followers list! You seem like such a lovely family. God bless!
Here is my first post https://steemit.com/steemit/@nabendu/the-first-post
Hi @nabendu Welcome to Steemit. Looking forward to reading your posts. Following you.
Great post!! Keep it up :)
By the way, I'm following you now
Cheers
Thanks @brnofre Following you back :)
Welcome to this incredible platform, hope everything will work out for you. Being here it’s not easy but not difficult neither only an extra effort will go a long way, engagement is the key good luck I’m @tinashe Start by Following ,Upvoting &Resteeming people and they will do the same.
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A big warm Steemit welcome goes out to you CryptoMama. :-D
Upvoted and High Pawed!
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Hi and welcome to Steemit, I such you luck on your journey here.
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Welcome to Steemit @cm1! You are going to love this place! It's incredibly awesome and rewards quality contributors in a great way! Stick around for the long term though and follow some established authors here to quickly learn and grow with the community.
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Great to read your story. What a happy family! You're doing great. It is nice to meet fellow home schoolers/ worldschoolers here. I'm looking forward to reading more. Welcome to the steemit community. I bet you'll love it here. I know I do.
welcome @cm1 :-) Nice to meet you. Looking forward to reading more about your homeschool and crypto and @haydenpatrick's new found confidence in who he is. <3
fellow homeschooler here too. :-)
Hello and welcome! I'm a homeschool mom as well. :) It sounds like you've got interesting things to share. I am ignorant of crypto anything, but am going to dig in and learn. I like that you had your kids researching it, too. Looking forward to your posts. Am following.
When my daughter was young, I was told to prepare myself with an understanding of autism. Verbal communication was challenging for her and I would sing to her to help create a soothing pathway to communication.
I was scrolling and came across Hayden's post and was genuinely moved when he shared about how you sang to him. What you are doing together as a family with blogging, music and book projects is truly inspiring and I wish you much success. Upvoted. Resteemed and Following.
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