Fierceness

I feel like I've written this post before. But, in reality, I think I've just written it over and over in my mind.

Recently, I watched The Birth Story, a documentary about one of the leading midwives in the US, Ina May Gaskin and The Farm. At one point the interviewer is talking to Ina May's husband, Stephen. He makes a comment about how strong willed ad passionate Ina May was even when they were young. My favorite part is that he said that all the women in his life were fierce and passionate and he didn't know women were any different (that's the gist ;)). How cool is that?

It's no secret I can be fiercely passionate about things I love. It's my personality. It's in my blood. After I heard Stephen Gaskin say that about the women in his life, it hit me: I want Jack to know that women are strong and capable. That they are wild and crazy and passionate. That they love with every ounce of their being.

I hope that he will grow up knowing that he has so many wonderful women in his life that are strong, passionate and loving. That he wouldn't blink an eye at a women's fierceness because that is his norm.

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Life as is

There's times we make decisions that are hard. Ones that don't seem to make sense to those on the outside. Ones that would make a person scratch their head and doubt ones sanity. ;)

But really. Decisions in putting off passions, desires or dreams to pursue other lifelong dreams that don't mesh at the time? Those are hard.

Make your heart, hurt hard.

But we make those decisions. Because deep down knowing that those decisions we make could affect every part of is, every fiber of our life. Today, tomorrow and twenty years from now.

I choose to embrace these days. The long nights and longer days. The weeks that slip by into months. The little baby that is growing into a toddler. I won't get back these days. The tears and the laughs, the long naps or the non existent ones, the love and the fear. It's all there to be accepted and embraced with the time it's arrived. Choosing to focus on my family instead of extra is hard. I'm a dreamer. A go getter. I've got ideas for days.

Everything happens for a reason. I've got many life lessons to get through. More babies to be born. More people
to meet. Everything in good time. This is my motto for 2013.!

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