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In the movie Lost in Translation there is a scene in which Bill Murray's character explains that, upon having your first child, "your life as you know it is gone...never to return." The movie has been one of my favorites for years. I just wish that I had known he meant my life.

In early 2010, I gave birth to the world's most perfect child. (Is there a parent who doesn't think his/her child is the world's most perfect?) In addition to being beautiful, he is brilliant and sweet and funny and hands-down the best thing that will ever happen to me. This kid is my entire world. I had somehow suspected through most of my life that he would be, which is why I fought very hard to have him. But about the post-childbirth apocalypse, I had absolutely no clue.

To say things have changed would be misleading. EVERYTHING has changed. Most of it has been good--some not so great--but everything is without a doubt different. And now the world changes once again. My little family and I find ourselves journeying from the big city to beautiful, calm Montana. Will the change be for the better? As with anything, the answer is sometimes "yes," sometimes "no," and always sought with massive quantities of hope. Come with me as I navigate the roads from fast-paced, big-city lawyer to Montana Momhood. Is there a line that can be walked? We'll see. But I can guarantee, at a minimum, it will be an adventurous road trip....

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

For Sue

Today I am not going to be complaining about where I am or what I am doing or the general state of the world.  We can resume that tomorrow.  Today I would like to talk about an extraordinary woman who we recently lost.

Sue was my mom's best friend since they were kids.  As fate would have it, Sue gave birth to a beautiful girl just a few months before I was born, and together we all formed a very extended, sometimes very crazy family.  Sue was a single mom and today, as another single mom, the elegance and calm with which she conducted her daily life still amazes me.  She was sweet, she was kind, she was funny and there was nothing in the world that she wouldn't do for her family, particularly her daughter.  In January 2009 Sue was diagnosed with breast cancer.  It was a change from which she would never recover.  And now that she is gone, we will always have a missing piece in our hearts.

Other than talking about this magnificent woman, I don't really have a point except to say that this life thing is hard.  There are good days and there are plenty of bad days.  But if we go through it with even an ounce of the kindness that Sue possessed, we will do her memory and ourselves a world of good.  It's cliche, but love your friends and family with all that you have because the rest simply doesn't matter.
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  1. AnonymousApril 19, 2011 at 2:48 PM

    My favorite line of the day..."love your friends and family with all that you have because the rest simply doesn't matter."

    Amen sister!

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