Now it is June, our Birth Month! Almost certainly our Birth Month, the month in which Ivy Cat is born, emerges, comes out, says hello, becomes real, manifests, presents herself, leaves her comfy womb zone. The month during which I am a mellow starfish, clinging calmly to the couch, this chair, the house. A koala, sensitive and vulnerable and content in my eucalyptus tree, eating my comfort foods (Trader Joe's Caribbean Floe popsicles, avocados, nectarines and peaches, Grape-Nuts and strawberries, ice cream, etc). A mama bird, nesting and nesting, arranging and organizing and washing and preparing. And maybe like a cat too—a tiny bit skittish and alert and protective and obsessive about maintaining a clean living environment, but still into cuddling and being affectionate and awesome when it's convenient and comfortable. And, um, what's an animal that cries all the time and has a huge belly and gets tired easily and has heartburn but still loves being pregnant and is totally enamored of her amazing husband and her morphing body and her awesome friends and who just had two wondrous baby showers and felt totally truly showered with love and support and who is now hunkering down, conserving energy, awaiting her baby, savoring these last moments of privacy and tranquility and just-the-two-of-us-ness, because, in the immortal words of Europe, things will never be the same again ?
That would be me, the animal known as Kate.
That would be me, the animal known as Kate.
1 comment:
Awww...no, things will never be the same again. BUT: have no fear, because things will get better and better and BETTER still!! Every day will present new challenges, but you will always see the beauty of your little girl's face once she is born. Fortunately, there are things you can't 'unsee,' like Ivy Cat's face, once you see it...things will never be the same! It's a good thing!!
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