I can't whistle: this morning

04 March 2012

this morning

Our real life.

5 comments:

Mo said...: love it! thank you for sharing!; March 4, 2012 at 11:09 AM
alyssa said...: stripey pants, just like her mama and stripey cat; March 4, 2012 at 1:55 PM
markmarv2004 said...: Is that a fat bumble bee I see? Yes-sir-ree it's a bee I see. Oh me, a real beautee. Love Pa/Grandpa; March 4, 2012 at 7:22 PM
babyinterrupted said...: I recognize that box of snacks on the floor. I think it's in the same spot on my floor. (Minus the cat.); March 4, 2012 at 10:36 PM
Erin Bakal said...: <3 Thanks for sharing!; March 6, 2012 at 10:45 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