The Early Years of Figuring It Out! You got this! Yes, YOU GOT THIS! I know you’re wrapping presents solo. I know you might be feeling guilt because you couldn’t afford all the spoils for your babe(s). I know you’re possibly pushing through some unhealed traumas, negative balances, uncertainty, exhaustion & being the safe space AKA emotional punching bag for said babes…whom you are also wracking your brain trying to figure out how to give them the world & keep them shielded from the perils of that same world including your ish…What am I saying? You’re keeping your spinning plates going! You’ve come so far! Remember when you didn’t have right in this moment (job, an apartment, safety, a couple of extra dollars, food, new furniture, new friends, new love, school, accomplishments…) YOU have come so far! YOU have done your very best to keep the fruit of your womb safe & supported. So take a moment to honor yourself as you figure out how to make duct tape look
Move Out Day! "To love means to embrace & at the same time to withstand many many endings, and many many beginnings- all in the same relationship" Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Women Who Run With The Wolves) I was recently speaking with a friend of mine about raising our sons. Our boys are on the precipice of crossing over into young adulthood. Roaming the world with less of a tether...making their own decisions... Somedays I wish I could somehow put my son back in my belly. Somedays more than others, I wish for this extreme unrealistic regression because at least when he was in my belly; he was tucked in that protective pouch filled with fluid to pad him from any jarring experiences. I wish I could protect him from EVERY bump, ditch, divet, tsunami, tidal wave, earthquake type of trauma...but I can't and those times where all I can do is be a place for him to lay his burden down and soak up is pain filled tears...I squeeze him with all might in hopes that my arms and