I can't whistle: a worry vacation

07 April 2009

a worry vacation

So last night I decided that today I'm taking a day off from worry, a mini worry vacation if you will. I can worry again tomorrow. It will still be there, I know.

(image by D Sharon Pruitt)

6 comments:

Susan said...: Can I join you there? It sounds like a nice place to be.; April 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM
JB - A.K.A. Jenn said...: Sending some sunscreen, flip flops, a huge floppy beach hat, and umbrella your way.

(in my mind your mini vacation takes place somewhere warm and by the water)

HUGS; April 7, 2009 at 2:29 PM
onwardandsideways said...: A most excellent plan. Somehow, I am able to not worry today as well. Go figure.; April 7, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Anonymous said...: sounds good!; April 7, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Anonymous said...: What a brilliant idea! I'm going to fill out my worry-vacation request tomorrow. Perhaps thursday will be my day! I really need a worry-vacation.; April 7, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Nic said...: Enjoy your vacation and hope you come back; April 10, 2009 at 3:43 AM

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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.

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"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