My babies are all grown, but I remember those years. I read paperbacks while I nursed, and while I cooked (a skillet handle holds a paperback open quite well). No internet. No neighbors with anything in common (we were in Outer Suburbia). I talked to the children about all sorts of stuff, and now they are interesting conversationalists with wide interests.
As you said, what I've lost, and what I really miss, is the sense of possibilities, that ANYthing might happen. However, sometimes I'm graced with something so outrageously impossible that I know possibilities are out there.
Oh, and utterly different in tone -- another one my flist with 3 children sees the light at the end of the diaper tunnel. I told her: I always felt like 1/3 of my brain was taken over by the process. Heh! I just realized that would be an excellent zombie repellent -- who wants brains all filled with diapers??
Aiden never slept through the night. He was an "easy" baby 95% of the time. No projectile vomiting like the neighbors son, sick spells were short. Sure, he'd throw a 105 deg temperature a couple times a year.. But he was an easy baby.. except for sleeping through the night
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So so so many more moments of perfection in store for you. Not to say there won't be hard stuff in between. But you will fall in love with your family in so many different ways from here on out. It is not easy. But it is beautiful.
You have such a gift for putting all these feelings into words - one of the many many things I love and admire about you.
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As you said, what I've lost, and what I really miss, is the sense of possibilities, that ANYthing might happen. However, sometimes I'm graced with something so outrageously impossible that I know possibilities are out there.
Oh, and utterly different in tone -- another one my flist with 3 children sees the light at the end of the diaper tunnel. I told her:
I always felt like 1/3 of my brain was taken over by the process. Heh! I just realized that would be an excellent zombie repellent -- who wants brains all filled with diapers??
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Love you!!!
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You have such a gift for putting all these feelings into words - one of the many many things I love and admire about you.
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