as for advice…. me o my. My heart is full for new mothers. My experience of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and now this first year of motherhood has been more than I can effectively put into words. It has changed absolutely everything. Certainly for the better, though there have been lots of growing pains. It [...] Continue Reading »
letter to a friend : advice rant on parenting
7a story that is still unfolding
8For me, labor felt like swimming miles under a heavy sea. The pressure was enormous and holding my breath for so long in the dark water felt like more than I could manage. The most troubling part was that the only way to alleviate the compression and strain was to endure the long, strenuous swim to [...] Continue Reading »
a week from now will be christmas eve (joy!)
1Happy Saturday. Still no Addair Kentucky in the outside world which makes today a good day for painting. Working with watercolors and fabric and maybe just maybe I’ll get around to packing my birthing center bag. Also, I have to brag on the wonderfulness of our neighbors. This morning I got a beautifully wrapped package [...] Continue Reading »
incubation update
0We’re at 38 weeks and today opens the official “delivery window”. Could be any day or a month away. Yesterday I went to Centering at Lisa Ross Birthing Center, which is their group prenatal care, and there were two babies! Only three of us pregnant ladies left. It was such a joy getting to see [...] Continue Reading »
going broody
2Often pregnant animals feel a “nesting” instinct which causes them to prepare for the arrival of their newborns. I’m a typical pregnant lady in that this has been my experience, though the expression of this instinctual urge seems a tad severe. I was not content with a fresh coat of nursery paint and scrubbing the [...] Continue Reading »
living in this season
0“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it…Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well [...] Continue Reading »
i’m changing
7After weeks of waking up to tasks that I begrudgingly checked off my list, only to feel weary and unfulfilled at the end of the day, I am deciding to shift my focus and priorities. I’ve decided to take a break from the sales and marketing of my paintings*. I’m not certain how long this [...] Continue Reading »
extended list of today’s thoughts: and i keep being alive
0[ from a. addair who is listening to Jill Andrews (The Mirror) ] Anna K happily, not fragmented. being (mostly non) social prep for art show Pinterest and how i love it time and energy learning about diapers and other baby things Good Evening. “Yes, what I know, I do not know by reason, it [...] Continue Reading »
an address to my trapezius muscles
4[ from a. addair who is listening to Joey English (Joey English) ] Lately, anxiety has gotten the best of me. I feel like I’m carrying a halo of tension around my neck and a heavy cape of doubt on my shoulders. I can understand why this is so. We are, after all, in a season [...] Continue Reading »
new work: about incubating and waiting
0[ from a. addair who is listening to Jack Johnson (Sleep Through The Static) ]