I can't whistle: 400th post

20 September 2010

400th post

To celebrate my 400th post

I am pleased to announce:

WHOO HOO! Her it-all-ends-well birth story is up on her blog right-this-very-moment to satiate all of us who were refreshing compulsively all weekend.

I am over the moon for her and for The Boy.

Welcome to the world baby Henry,

we are all so very happy to have you here.

5 comments:

It is what it is said...: Very, very happy for her and looking forward to reading your post in the same vain, in due time.; September 20, 2010 at 11:53 AM
Sarah said...: Happy 400th post, Kate!; September 20, 2010 at 2:03 PM
B. said...: Four hundred- wow! Can't wait to read YOUR birth story. Less than 6 weeks to go. Is it too early to schedule a play-date for Charlotte and your little one?; September 20, 2010 at 2:10 PM
What IF? said...: Happy 400th! I count myself among the people compulsively refreshing all weekend long, ha ha. Really looking forward to your birth story. No rush! ;-); September 21, 2010 at 12:27 AM
IF Optimist, then... said...: Happy 400th. WOW. That is a remarkable accomplishment and I'm so glad to have been able to share these little tidbits of your thoughts and life.

Remember a long time I ago, I wrote...

fuck yeah.

:-D; September 23, 2010 at 10:23 AM

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