The view from here.

As I have endlessly perused the blogosphere, I have come to realize that a million people have blogs about their children and parenting and all things family. I think it is amazing that people are engaging in their families through writing, and perhaps I am a bit annoyed that my midnight thoughts of a blog about this new place I have found myself at is maybe not as unique as previously thought. Or maybe it as--we each wander around with experiences and ways of being that although seem similar are perhaps quite different. I am starting this with the hope that my little person, Sophia, can one day read this and know more about her mother. Personally, I hope that this will enable me to connect with people thinking about the world a little bit differently--maybe you recently had a child or maybe you are just seeing the world through a different view. I know each time I have traveled, my world seems to change as the indelible images of another culture and place sink into my own perspective Or maybe..it is 2008 and we are facing a huge election and the world is seeming a bit more disconnected. It is time to reconnect.
Time.
I never fully realized how sacred the moments are and how the pace of life often fights each of these moments. I am trying not to think in terms of minutes and hours, but after having a baby, it is taking a while to reprogram myself to just exist, not think so much about the who, what, where, when often crazy demands on all of us to make ends meet, people happy, or even just to achieve material items. I want to start writing again and I want to live in the now with my daughter who is so in the now and who in only two months has taught me a lot about living and priorities.