Loved this Alice! I really resonated with how you talk about looking back at photos... it’s all a million miles an hour in those earlier days I think.
My son didn’t sleep well and cried a lot and I sort of spiralled into an adrenaline fuelled tunnel. When I look back at photos I look deliriously happy and not tired at all. He’s 9 this year and I miss the version of him when he was smaller. Motherhood is a trip!
Thank you so much Claire! I always felt in those early days as though I was failing a bit because I didn’t enjoy it much, but I don’t think anyone other than me would think that x
I think we all feel that. At the time I had a gig where all the women I worked with were child free by choice - I found it desperately hard to show up as an embodied person. Cx
What a perfect last line. Beautifully written
Thank you so much - and let’s sort that newsletter swap soon!x
This is beautifully, gorgeously written. Thank you for this. I love your turn of phrase - it's a joy to find this in my inbox this morning.
Thank you so much Petra! That means a lot x
Loved this Alice! I really resonated with how you talk about looking back at photos... it’s all a million miles an hour in those earlier days I think.
My son didn’t sleep well and cried a lot and I sort of spiralled into an adrenaline fuelled tunnel. When I look back at photos I look deliriously happy and not tired at all. He’s 9 this year and I miss the version of him when he was smaller. Motherhood is a trip!
Thank you so much Claire! I always felt in those early days as though I was failing a bit because I didn’t enjoy it much, but I don’t think anyone other than me would think that x
I think we all feel that. At the time I had a gig where all the women I worked with were child free by choice - I found it desperately hard to show up as an embodied person. Cx