I can't whistle: hush

31 December 2008

hush

Marking the turning of the year with quiet snowfall and a gentle day.

For some amazing words and an inspiring reminder of each of our special uniqueness, I invite you to visit my sister's beautiful blog. There is simply no way to say it better.

Happy New Year. Wishing you peace.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: I just wanted to say hello and wish you well. I'm right behind you, looking toward IVF in February or March if all the tests between now and then return favorable results. I have a very good feeling about 2009. No idea if something wonderful is about to happen to me or to those around me. It can't hurt to speak up and let people know that, even though I don't really "know" you, I care and wish you great success. Happy New Year!; January 2, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Kate said...: Thanks B. I wish you well too-- I love the fact you have a good feeling about the year, thank you for sharing that! I think I do too when I let myself stop worrying. I wish you every success and thank you for leaving such a nice and supportive comment.; January 3, 2009 at 5:46 PM

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About this blog

I started this blog during struggles with infertility--struggles that resulted in countless IUIs, medications, procedures, 5 attempted IVF cycles, 2 pregnancies, one heartbreaking loss, and one miracle baby.

Parenthood left me feeling like I was not sure what to do here, with this amazing community. To talk about parenting felt boastful for those still and forever struggling. To not talk about it felt disingenuous. So here I am. I want to talk about my real life. Parenting. Midlife reassessment. Flailing. Finding myself. Mucking about.

So yes, I am a midlife parent of an amazing child.
Yes, I battled infertility and will be forever changed by every single moment of that journey.
I am imperfect and life is messy, but it is also so beautiful.

Among many other things, I hope to reconnect to myself through writing here. And I hope to connect with you too. Others out there, parenting maybe later in life. Maybe after struggling. Maybe struggling still. We can all use a safe place and a lot of compassion. That's what I am offering to you. I hope you'll stick around.

inside out

"The key is, starting from the inside out. Often you say, “I don’t know what to do.” True, you don’t know what to do. There are infinite possibilities. And a bunch of them haven’t worked for you. A lot of them have been tried, and they haven’t worked under what you think are the same conditions. And so, you sort of pace around, you don’t know what to do. Sometimes you don’t even know what you want to have. But you always, you always, if you will stop and think about it, you ALWAYS know how you want to feel."

--Abraham