Learning to find my own version of motherhoood.
Category: Musings
Zwischen: The space between pregnancy and motherhood
I’m standing at the doorway to a new life but the door to get to the other side is still locked. I knock impatiently but no one answers.
Closing Time
Life is a series of chapters that each play a part in our life story.
Hindsight is 2020: Reflecting on a wild year
Alas, we have made it. The year of chaos comes to an end. Here’s what 2020 taught me.
We got a cat
As the saying goes, “if you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”
Changes to ‘Life After Elizabeth’
In a way, I guess this blog is all about that. It went from being a place that got me through the darkest time of my life, to hopefully becoming a beacon of hope to others.
A note on a little big thing called Coronavirus
I’m not going to sit here and tell you how you need to remain positive and grateful and blah blah. Feel whatever you feel, allow it to run its course. It’s normal to feel powerless and afraid.
A word of advice to unsolicited advice-givers
But at the same time, I have seen how deeply healing it is to let a person just be; to give them space to express the emotion.
Thoughts on marriage
Perhaps if I had not experienced grief the way I have I would have opted for a small, practical wedding – or I wouldn’t have been getting married at all.
Looking back on 2019
I didn’t move to Australia to be comfortably miserable. I moved here for adventure; to grow and expand. 2020 starts with a rush of adrenaline as I leap into the unknown.
Art Therapy with Kimberly 