Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Adjusting

Max will be 7 months old on Monday. I feel like the quintessential mom saying this, but "where did that time go?" It really has been a fast, slow, exhilarating, tiring, overwhelming, and fun 7 months. The transition to motherhood has been just that: TRANSITION. If you know me well you know I transition a lot but I transition with A LOT of emotion and heartache. I would say I transition bad, but I am working on highlighting the positive not the negative as of late in my life. But if I wasn't working on that I would say I transition bad.

It's all an adjustment. I haven't done it perfect. I haven't enjoyed a lot of the moments. I missed tons of moments. I have regretted days once I laid my head on my pillow. But this week a new level of adjustment happened. Not sure how. Not sure why. God's grace on my family maybe.

I have a friend that blogs and I LOVE reading her blog every week. I read this line tonight: "Playing with my kids is and always should be the most important item on my daily to-do list."

I love it!

I only have one and I am still trying to figure out who the heck I am these days, but this just seemed to resonate with me and the questions I am asking myself.

Tomorrow's to do list is filling up fast, yet tonight I know what the most important to do on it will be.




That's my boy...blurry once again because he is ALWAYS moving...notice he thinks he can stand. Yep that's Maxers!

2 comments:

  1. dana, you're so sweet. i've loved seeing your little boy grow and hearing your thoughts along this journey. can't believe max is already 7 mo! he is absolutely beautiful :) love reading your blog, so many of your struggles are my struggles as well and it's so nice knowing i'm not alone. 1 kid or 3, doesn't matter, it's a continual battle of self-focus or others-focused :) love you friend.

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  2. Hi friend! Just catching up on your blog and identifying with the "transition" of motherhood. I, too, am learning how to focus on the positive rather than the negative (especially in myself) and struggle. I keep waiting for the feeling of transition to subside. I'll keep you posted on that. :) I'm still sad we didn't get to connect during your visit but am hopeful that it will happen. Max is way too cute. Those smiles sure are huge. Love to you.

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