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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, January 3, 2012

A Fresh Start

Happy New Year carpoolers and fast laners!!!  Here's wishing you a very happy and healthy 2012.

I have been thinking a lot about the whole "new year" thing.  Really, the entire concept is very arbitrary.  Someone at some point in history decided that our lives should be divided into calculable periods.  And, hey, as a control freak, I love that.  It's kind of funny, though, how much stock we put into it.  Birthdays...holidays...years...it is all meaningful to us, and is all some random unit of measurement decided upon by prior cultures.

BUT.  It's all in how you look at it.  This year I decided that the turnover to 2012 would be a real start for me and my many, many friends in need of a new beginning.  And it's been great!  For all 2 days, things have seemed fresh and hopeful.  And I love it.  I really do think it has a lot to do with your mentality on it all, but who knows.  And who cares.  All I know is that so far 2012 has brought new babies for those praying for a little one, new jobs for those floundering, and new hope for me that everything is going to be ok.  I love that we are given this clean slate--regardless of the fact that we choose to do so. 

The other day I mentioned to a friend the fact that we have 366 days in 2012 of opportunity.  (Yes, I suck at math, but this one was intentional--2012 is a leap year).  Anyway, that is a ton of chances for really good things to happen to each of us.  Each day brings the possibility that something awesome will happen.  And most of us already know that we can survive the bad stuff if it happens to be an "off" day, so that's no concern.  So, I'm trying to think of it as each day brings a chance for awesomeness.  We'll see how long that lasts, but for today, it's a good time.  And, really, what more can we ask for than a good day today?
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  1. John PJanuary 6, 2012 at 2:42 PM

    "Each day brings the possibility that something awesome will happen," and it usually does. Some good, some bad, but something awesome for sure.

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