I can't whistle: holding even

18 October 2010

holding even

All is well,

working from home starting today (wow, fast computer bliss!)

and home feels so huge and empty now that my sister and her kids have headed back south....sigh.

looking forward to them coming back soon.

Imagine: electric guitar in the living room, basketball hoop in the driveway, gluten free chocolate cake (YUM) for my mom's birthday, leaves brilliant, wind wild, cold walks, and no doubt using up more than my fair allotment of babblingwordspouringout.

Baby still wiggly, and me? Still tired out. All as it should be.

Each day that passes is one day closer, and it is so amazing to be wondering: when?

2 comments:

Michele said...: it is so lovely to watch your journey on this pregnancy. I know your child rearing will be just as beautiful.; October 18, 2010 at 12:08 PM
B. said...: A big hug and wishes for at least one good night's sleep before you meet the munchkin. Take your time, but hurry up! Can't wait to find out who's been cookin' these last 38 weeks.; October 18, 2010 at 12:55 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