WARMTH...IT JUST FEELS GOOD

Sorry for the hiatus. (No I'm not).

I've been trying to write this post for sometime in an attempt to explain a few things. Namely why I've been so absent from the blogging sphere during what should be (by all accounts) the 'trip of a lifetime'.

Trouble was, as time passed my explanation became increasingly apologetic, lengthy and frankly far to much like naval gazing for anyone's liking. Last night, in moment of insanity rare clarity, I deleted it. All. 


Over the past 8 months I have been thinking. A lot, actually. About life. About what really, sincerely matters to me.


I've been surprised...enlightened...humbled.

Here's what I've found:

• I'm not very good with change. It unsettles me...as does a lack of symmetry 

• A year is not a very long time

• There are cooler things than the internet

• Nothing is as awesome as when your child learns something new

• Family & friendship make the world go round

• Everything is easier with sunshine and fresh air

• Music speaks to the soul

• Good fuel = happy living. (Trash in, trash out. Mind, body, soul)

• Morning sickness is a b!#$*

• Kindred friendships exist in places and packages you'd never imagine

• No one’s life is as clean, pretty, or perfect as it appears on their blog, facebook, twitter [insert relevant social media channel...you get the point]

And where does THAT leave us? 

WOOSH. (That was the sound of the wind rushing past as we zooooom by. Full speed ahead.)

Given the past 8 months were anything but ordinary I can't WAIT to see what the coming months have in store. Particularly next month. Have I mentioned (at any point) that number two is due on the 26th of next month? My how time flies...but that's the topic of another post entirely. 

For now, I think that's quite enough from me. If you take away nothing else from this post let it be this. Take a day off. Switch off the internet. Go outside. Lounge on the couch. Throw a ball for a dog and/or child. Phone a friend. You deserve it. No matter what else you should be doing :) 

Love Jacq

PS - By way of explanation, the picture up the top was taken around 3:30pm in the depths of winter when Scott and I were out for a walk. To me it's the epitome of what we've come from. The pictures below were taken on a day out in Cambridge last weekend. They represent the best of what's to come. I'm going to get the last one framed. Nothing quite like a final memento of you and your first born before we descend back into the land of 'new born'. 

Here's a parting shot...