It’s a Friday evening as I sit down to write this post and I’ve officially been back to work for three weeks. I can’t believe how quickly that time has gone! Being on maternity leave during the pandemic has meant that for healthy and safety reasons, we’ve foregone time with family and friends we would have otherwise spent the last year with. And while I’ll probably be processing the sadness of that lost time for a little longer, I know there’s still much to be grateful for. This last year with my little family and our new baby has felt strangely insulated, but we were also able to spend a lot of time focussing on one another, and being able to focus on anything—much less something so positive—this last year feels like an absolute blessing.
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It’s May now and we’ve just gone through our second socially-distanced birthday party, this one for my six year-old daughter, Ione (pronounced in three syllables: i-oh-knee). My husband’s birthday followed shortly after the birth of our son, which was just over four weeks ago in April (🖤!), but Ione’s celebration was definitely the one that had me the most anxious. All in all though, I’m feeling exceptionally happy and grateful for how it all went.
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