Greetings Earthlings & Aloha to you fellow Human-oids!
How are you?!
It's a pleasure to (re)-meet you again & again & again etc etc
Do you get my drift?
You do?!
Really!?
That's a relief, because time & time again I find myself not only getting lost in my thoughts but also getting lost deep in conversation, only then to suddenly break free, crawling up for air from somewhere deep within my ever-spiralling imagination only to realise something along the lines of
a. I have food in my teeth
b. My zip is undone
c. I've forgotten to eat lunch, it's after 2 p.m. & I have a hunger head-ache
d. I've recently become obsessed with writing things in point form/as if the reader is taking a multiple choice quiz
e. All/none of the above
Ok,
time to practise what I preach.
Stop,
inhale,
exhale.
Ah-
that's better.
Allow me to introduce myself.
I am a stay at home Mum, these days being the proud fellow parent of a magnificent 4 month old baby boy. My husband & I adore our little bouncing bundle of joy & are revelling in the journey that is parenthood.
At times it is exhausting.
At times it is refreshing.
But above all else, for us both in this current season of our life as a family, being a parent is deeply satisfying.
There is much I could tell you about my life at the moment, but limited for time as we all are these days in this non-stop-fast-paced civilisation of ours, I will limit my internal reflections to this (for now):
My day to day life is equally as ordinary & dull as it is breath-taking & unpredictable.
On the one hand, I feel as ready and able to solve the world's problems with one almighty wave of my magical-wand, as I know that I am capable of changing a bio-degradable diaper while chatting away merrily about the day's affairs, phone poised delicately between cheek bone & shoulder, all the while managing to keep my darling babe convinced that I am the greatest gift to this country's entertainment industry.
Then again, on the other (marginally) more rational hand, I am all too aware of how ill-equipped I am to even begin to tackle issues of world politics, religion & other similar grown up "stuff", as I am unable to remember to regularly tend to our beloved colony of home grown organic mung beans.
Therefore, I can only (once again) reach the conclusion that I am the last person alive who will be able to single handedly save our poor mis-shapen planet from one day imploding on itself.
Yet still I try.
One eco-diaper at a time,
trying to remember
that sometimes all I need to do is
Stop,
inhale,
exhale.
Ah.
That's better?
Yes.
That is better.
Just look around you little Mama-
bubba is in bed,
the mung beans are watered,
the nappy bin is (almost!) emptied,
& we made it through
to face
the next
fantastically ordinary day.
See you then amigos xO
