"Was becoming a parent what you thought it would be?" Honest answer - sort of. I knew we'd be busy and I'd be responsible for a lot more. I didn't realize that I'd have my personal time reduced to wee small patches here and there. I also didn't realize what I'd learn. The important follow up question, would I do it again? Not at my current age, no. Our kiddos are grown now. But, yes with a miracle of time travel for my partner and me! I think we both would. Despite that, someday there may be grand-kids. Maybe I'll still be competent to watch them. A guy can dream -
It was the most polarizing experience even for an introvert such as myself. It taught me to open up my feelings to tiny creatures who have even bigger feelings. I used to be so private and built walls around myself but parenthood made me realize it's easier if I can relate with others. And it has been a silent mission to help new parents with my experience and learnings or even just an ear for the days when they might feel as polarized as I did transitioning. Currently reclaiming parts of my old self and adding parts of the new me from this transition and hoping to share with othet parents that, your day will come. It wont come in a flash or a gush, it will come slowly, in the tiniest fragments and if you notice enough, you will see tiny specks of you being transformed and rebuilt.
It was horrendous. I had post natal anxiety but didn’t know it and was too afraid to explain how crazy I felt. It was fraught, it was hard, exhausting, physically draining. And yet 20 years later motherhood, in its less physical phase, is satisfying, exciting, challenging, wonderful, frustrating. And it never ends until I do.
This is so special and beautiful
"Was becoming a parent what you thought it would be?" Honest answer - sort of. I knew we'd be busy and I'd be responsible for a lot more. I didn't realize that I'd have my personal time reduced to wee small patches here and there. I also didn't realize what I'd learn. The important follow up question, would I do it again? Not at my current age, no. Our kiddos are grown now. But, yes with a miracle of time travel for my partner and me! I think we both would. Despite that, someday there may be grand-kids. Maybe I'll still be competent to watch them. A guy can dream -
It was the most polarizing experience even for an introvert such as myself. It taught me to open up my feelings to tiny creatures who have even bigger feelings. I used to be so private and built walls around myself but parenthood made me realize it's easier if I can relate with others. And it has been a silent mission to help new parents with my experience and learnings or even just an ear for the days when they might feel as polarized as I did transitioning. Currently reclaiming parts of my old self and adding parts of the new me from this transition and hoping to share with othet parents that, your day will come. It wont come in a flash or a gush, it will come slowly, in the tiniest fragments and if you notice enough, you will see tiny specks of you being transformed and rebuilt.
It was horrendous. I had post natal anxiety but didn’t know it and was too afraid to explain how crazy I felt. It was fraught, it was hard, exhausting, physically draining. And yet 20 years later motherhood, in its less physical phase, is satisfying, exciting, challenging, wonderful, frustrating. And it never ends until I do.
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