Thank You

This is the only way I want to and feel it is the right way to start this blog: by thanking my daughter and life. Thanking them for giving me the chance not only to be my new greatest love's parent. But also for giving me the chance to give birth also to something else: the new best version of myself.

As I am writing these words, almost 12 months after my baby daughter's first day out of my womb and into the world, I am still working on finding my inner peace, my balance, I am still figuring out how to walk through life with all of the strong emotions - the pleasant and the darker ones - I get to feel since my precious little one has come into my life and into our family. But I know for sure that I have learned how to dance this new dance way better than 8, 6, or 3 months ago. And that every day I am a little more stable, a little more serene, a little wiser, and a little stronger than I was when she had just arrived.

Motherhood is a challenge. And a challenge is a chance to grow. This is, yes, indeed a blog that aims to talk about and better understand the difficulties of becoming a parent. There are (too) many taboos, and (too) many false myths about how one should or shouldn't react and feel when a child comes into the world. And it is time to debunk the myth and talk about what is just normal. It is time to stop hiding the truth, or making the unpleasant part of it smaller, diminishing reality. It is however NOT this blog's purpose to throw a pity party. And this is as much a piece of information I am giving to the reader as a reminder I am sending to myself. Yes, the blue days are really deep dark blue. It is normal. Once truly owned and processed, they are gonna make the sky as clear as it has ever been. I know that.

May this channel be a support on the way through the new best version of me, the new best version of everyone who's dancing her or his new dance towards their clearest sky. I knew the theory: I knew children came to their parents to be their teachers. Thank you, my sweet child, to show me it is really true. Because you are here, mommy is becoming a better person: the new best version of herself. I love you.