Hello world! Welcome to my new home! If you’ve found me on my social media, you probably already know I used to blog in the past, for a minute pretty consistently. But then life took me for a crazy roller coaster ride and I took a very long pause. If you don’t know, I had a baby! Still so strange to write that out, but I did. I am now a mom to a beautiful 11-month-old boy and he sure keeps me busy!
For the past year and a half, I’ve been navigating this new chapter in my life. I’ve been grieving the life I thought I’d have, the life I lost. I’ve been processing this new one and imagining all its glorious possibilities. I’ve been getting to know myself again, this new me, and welcoming back pieces of the old me. Dusting off the corners of my life I left on the shelf and accepting the changes.
I’ve also been sitting with myself and envisioning my future; where I want to be in five years, what I want my life to look like, and knowing what I need to do now to make sure I get there. It’s been a lot of reflecting, learning from relationships, learning about myself, my choices as a parent, and probably some more things I can’t think of at the moment.
If you’re a parent, you know what I’m talking about, and if you’re not you probably still know what I’m talking about. That’s just life, isn’t it? You think you finally got one thing down, you figured out the chapter you’re living and getting a good hang of it. Then, out of nowhere, you’re thrown a curveball, an unexpected drop in the roller coaster, a tunnel you were not expecting.
But you learn to take the hit, to walk the unmarked path laid before you. So that’s where I am…walking this very grassy area I’ve never walked before. And hopefully I can leave some wisdom behind. Hopefully you’re reminded that you’re not alone, even if our paths look completely different.
So welcome to my little corner, hope you can stay awhile.
~XO
Simply Naty 