I only had a child in my thirties, after being with my husband for 13 years. We had this whole life of 13 years as only the two of us. We lived overseas for years, traveled. We were so used to our life, the two of us and the way we did things.
Then when our son was born, of course our whole life changed, literally overnight. What I wrote here is nothing new, many people will relate to this.
Why am I sharing this then?
Birth changed everything, our whole little universe shifted because we were now a family of three. I struggled hugely with this new reality, the way nothing was as before. It felt like a HUGE part of me was ripped away and I wasn’t ready. Like I died. It felt like I didn’t know who I am anymore… And don’t get me wrong, I wanted to be a mother so much, but nothing prepared me for this new reality.
There were days of confusion, sadness, anger, fear… And the constant reminder that my life will never be the same again.
But there were also days of beauty, alignment, pure joy, laughter, new ideas and insights. And the constant reminder that there is so much to look forward to, so much more to create, so much more to BE and to DO!
And that, beautiful reader of this post is what I want to tell you now…
We are all in the process of coming to terms with the BIRTH of a new world.
And the DEATH of an old world.
The birth has happened, nothing we can do to change it. Now we must learn to create our new life from it.
There are going to be days of confusion, sadness, anger, fear… And the constant reminder that life will never be the same again.
But there are also going to be days of beauty, alignment, pure joy, laughter, new ideas and insights. And the constant reminder that there is so much to look forward to, so much more to create, so much more to BE and to DO!
This is the death of birth.
Something must die for the new to be born.
It’s okay to go through the heavy and dark stages of this process, to feel as if you don’t even know yourself anymore. But like the seed that is planted in the dark soil to germinate and grow, so are we now in this process to grow into our fullest potential.
And maybe our fullest potential is something totally different than what we were used to…