I can't whistle: Della photos by Susan Mullen

30 November 2012

Della photos by Susan Mullen

It was *SO COLD* and yet, Susan still managed to make magic happen.
Want more? Head over to Susan's blog. Oh my my.

7 comments:

Susan said...: i've never *ever* had my camera connect so easily as it does with all of you. it just knows! XOXO; November 30, 2012 at 12:04 PM
markmarv2004 said...: "Oh my," says it all. Love trumps all. xox Pa; November 30, 2012 at 1:05 PM
IF Optimist, then... said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; November 30, 2012 at 6:02 PM
IF Optimist, then... said...: Absolutely gorgeous, all of you! Her eyes are AMAZING!; November 30, 2012 at 6:03 PM
Joannah said...: Wonderful photos! Della is so beautiful. :); December 1, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Erin Bakal said...: These images just ooze love and happiness. Your family is beautiful and your joy is infectious!; December 5, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Baby Smiling In Back Seat said...: Oh that grin. Your family keeps getting more and more beautiful.

I'm sorry I never got the chance to work with Susan!; December 8, 2012 at 1:07 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