About me: My name is Caryn Rivadeneira, and I’m a Christian, mother, wife, writer, editor, reader, dog-lover … I’m sure I’ll think of more later (in the meantime, check out my very official bio). And obviously, I’m a woman who hates being identified soley as a mom. Not that I don’t love my kids, I do—like absolute crazy. But it gets annoying when once you have kids, people forget you have other God-given dreams, interests, ideas, roles, purposes, etc. Don’t you agree? 

About this site: This whole Mama’s Got a Fake ID thing first hit last winter when a man at a retreat I attended kept calling me “mama.” Sure I was eight months pregnant. Sure, I was a mama of two others. But COME ON. Mama? It irked me so much because it represented what I had long feared—that now that I was a mom, that’s the main way others saw me. And for some reason “mom” can be a hard label for people to see past. I don’t know about you, but I long to be known for my complete self—not just one portion or one role, no matter how great a role or how awesome a portion is is. So, this is the place to unmask, unwind, and be ourselves. God created us each individually, specially, and on purpose–for a purpose. And we need to let our true selves show so we can let God’s glory shine as we make a difference for him in this world!

Oh, part of me being my true self on this site will be that I may ramble a bit on some of the various things that hold my interest. Bear with me….