Another Mother's Day Approaches

At this point in our journey to parenthood we are in such a weird place and it seems we experience the most bizarre sets of emotions at the same time.

For example, I have been in a nesting mood. Over the years this has looked like painting the nursery, furnishing the nursery, buying baby items and clothes. More recently I've moved our nesting to a prepared state; I've begun packing our "go-bags," calling local pediatricians, planning a nesting party, the welcome wagon plan, Loki's care and getting the necessary items needed for any and all adoption scenarios we could find ourselves in.

But I am also experiencing grief and sadness. Baby shower posts, pregnancy/matched announcements and maternity/newborn photos are all really difficult to see. My joy for these people is ABUNDANT, but there are wistful feelings of longing to be close to motherhood as they are.

I guess I write this for anyone else going through the hard times of waiting to become a parent. Mother's Day is coming and it can be a hard time for certain people for a plethora of reasons. One being the painfully excruciating wait and reminder of what you still don't have. A friend recently reminded me that we can be both excited for our friends and still long for a baby of our own, we can be nesting for our baby and at the same time still be grieving the fact that we have to wait a bit longer before it is our reality.

Be gentle with yourself this weekend and in the weeks, months and years ahead. Remember I am here, in your corner, right alongside you!