I do not throw my voice behind things lightly, so when I ask people to show up, I mean it.

Today, I am asking you to show up for Fantasia Jacobs-Fuller in the Super Mom contest.

Fantasia is the daughter of one of my nearest and dearest high school friends, Talisa, so yes, this is personal to me. But I am not asking for your attention out of nostalgia alone. I am asking because Fantasia is the kind of mother people should be proud to lift up. She is not playing dress-up with the title. She is living it. Daily. Fully. Fiercely.

Some women carry motherhood with grace. Some carry it with grit. Some carry it with both. Fantasia carries it with the kind of love that leaves an imprint. The kind that shows up. The kind that holds families together when life gets loud, expensive, painful, and exhausting. That matters. It should matter more than polished branding, fake sentiment, and all the empty fluff people toss around online every day.

This contest is not just about a crown, a headline, or a nice little pat on the back. It is tied to fundraising that benefits Children’s Miracle Network, and that part matters just as much as the vote itself. Children’s Miracle Network raises funds and awareness for children’s hospitals across the United States and Canada. Those dollars help support critical treatments, research, pediatric equipment, and the care children need when their families are facing the kind of fear no parent ever wants to meet head-on. (Children’s Miracle Network)

That means this is not a meaningless popularity contest. This is one of those moments where public support can actually do some good. A vote helps Fantasia move forward. A donation helps support children’s healthcare. A share helps expand the reach of both.

And for my Iowa people, this matters here too. Children’s Miracle Network support reaches Iowa through member hospitals, including University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital, the state’s only comprehensive children’s hospital. So when I say this is worth your time, I am not speaking in vague national slogans. I am talking about support that connects to real children, real families, and real care. (Children’s Miracle Network)

Fantasia is currently sitting in 3rd place in her group, which means this is exactly when people need to stop scrolling and do something useful.

So here is my ask:

Go vote for Fantasia Jacobs-Fuller.
Share her page.
And if you are able, donate to help support Children’s Miracle Network.

Small actions are not small when enough people decide they matter. That is how momentum works. That is how communities work. That is how children get help, families get support, and deserving people get lifted up instead of overlooked.

Talisa matters to me.
Fantasia matters to me.
Good mothers matter to me.
Children getting the care they need matters to me.

Please vote.
Please share.
Please donate.

And let us do it with purpose, not passively, not later, not when it is convenient.