Something Old, Something New

Dear Readers,

Trying to describe what it's like to be a new mom to expectant friends is difficult because it's amazing, uncharted territory and you can't liken it to anything you've done before.  You can't believe how much you love this little person and how little you look like your "old" self.  And in the midst of the newborn whirl where night and day know no bounds, you start to wonder if life - or you - will ever be the same.  The answer is "no."  It'll be better.  But for now it's a lot.

From one of my fav blogs, WhatWouldGwynethDo, is one of the most wonderful descriptions of what you feel in those early days, and a needed reminder of where you end up after that:

Dear new mother,

I know it doesn’t feel like it now…but you will sleep again.

You will eat in a nice restaurant again.

You will listen to adult music again.

You will wear red lipstick again.

You will drink wine with your girlfriends again.

You will talk – really talk – to your husband again.

You will vacation again.

You will feel less than utterly exhausted again.

You will find time to waste again.

You will read a book again.

You will wear skinny jeans again.

You will look at your body with pride again.

You will stay up past 10pm again.

You will take pictures of things not related to you again.

You will find time for you again.

But you will never love anything more than this again.