I can't whistle: Eve

24 December 2009

Eve

Admittedly, I am much more of a solstice gal

But, on this christmas eve, I wish on you, each of you, an extra heaping dose of love and peace.

5 comments:

Sprogblogger said...: RIght back atcha.

The days are getting longer already, which makes me happy.

And may this new year bring you peace and joy and all the happiness your heart can hold (and that's a LOT of happiness I'm wishing for you, my friend.); December 24, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Illanare said...: And the same back to you, lovely Kate.; December 24, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Billy said...: Wishing you the same :-); December 25, 2009 at 10:21 AM
Michele said...: wishing you peace; December 25, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Kate said...: Missed your Xmas eve post, but Merry Christmas to you! Hope you have a wonderful calm and relaxing day. And that next year's holiday season brings your heart's deepest desires.; December 25, 2009 at 5:53 PM

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.

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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