I gave my notice this week to make it official: I’ll be returning to work part-time when my maternity leave is up.
We also had friends over for dinner this week who are expecting a baby in December, and it was amazing to ponder how quickly Torre has grown and developed. He only recently crossed the threshold of being alive outside of me longer than he grew inside me. Now he makes faces and claps his hands and walks along furniture and crams his mouth full with too many cheerios to chew all at once.
I can finally recognize his tired cry before I lose my mind wondering what the heck is wrong with him.
And as I contemplate motherhood pretty much constantly, and reflect on how quickly this year is passing and how quickly I know the coming years will pass, and my heart gets all giddy and achy thinking about milestones, I came across this article: Ten True Things About the First Year of Parenthood, and the very first thing is, “You are going to suck at this parenting gig and be awesome at it at the same time, all the time.”
Oh my, yes.
I don’t think I have ever experienced so many highs and lows in such short proximity to each other. Continue reading “Awesome and Sucky”