I started this post on June 9th, 2011, over six months ago.
Got the photo ready, saved it, never came back to it (for every blog post I publish, I have two or three abandoned ones. More ideas than time).
Today I stumbled across this post in my draft folder and felt inspired to say something about it.
Let’s see what comes out…
I remember taking this photo after spending an hour with Alex, trying to soothe him to sleep.
When he finally conked out, I filled with elation.
I had done good!
I took care of my baby!
I felt so purposeful.
Why am I here? Why, to feel indescribable love, of course…
My raison d’être never felt so clear. In this moment, all the things I’d been striving for… my ever-shifting demarcations of “success” that always appeared to dangle just beyond my grasp… evaporated.
Whoooooosh!
They were always illusions of course. It’s just that my sleeping baby allowed me to see it in a way that I never could before.
Hearing his soft breathing, feeling him surrender into a peaceful slumber, I felt like the wealthiest person in the world.
Because I am.
And I always have been.
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Alex, your daddy appreciates the reminder.
one of my greatest parenting skills was modelling good sleeping behaviour. I would climb into cot/bed and promptly pass out, only to wake up an hour later face-to-face with still wide open eyes. But the act of getting a child to sleep is one of life’s great joys. Nice post Drew.
one of my greatest parenting skills was modelling good sleeping behaviour. I would climb into cot/bed and promptly pass out, only to wake up an hour later face-to-face with still wide open eyes. But the act of getting a child to sleep is one of life’s great joys. Nice post Drew.
one of my greatest parenting skills was modelling good sleeping behaviour. I would climb into cot/bed and promptly pass out, only to wake up an hour later face-to-face with still wide open eyes. But the act of getting a child to sleep is one of life’s great joys. Nice post Drew.
that made me laugh, Fiona….
that made me laugh, Fiona….
that made me laugh, Fiona….
Drew, Thank you for this and for the free download of your “Very Cool Life Code” book. It changed my life in an instant. As soon as I read the words FREEDOM, EASE and CONNECTION, that is what I started to think about and that is what is now manifesting in my life. Brilliant!
love hearing that, Cliff… thanks…