Over the course of my pregnancy, I've faced on a recurring basis having to address the feeling that my life is "on hold." Not literally, in the sense that I've still be working and doing a bunch to prepare for the arrival of our baby girl. However, when it comes to dreaming, taking time to plan for the future etc there has been looming in my mind a big hanging "?" This is because I don't know what my life will look like as a parent. I don't yet know what will shift inside me once our daughter arrives. Maybe it will be drastic, maybe it will be subtle, but I know what my future holds will be redefined as it will now include her in the picture.
At the time of writing this I'm 32 weeks pregnant. I'm within the last two months of pregnancy, which to be honest has been both slow and fast at the same time. Slow during the months of morning sickness, fast in the scheme of things and looking up realizing that this is such a sweet time of my husband and I just being a couple before we become a family….
Knowing where we fall short and facing those flaws allows us to be set free of the shame that can come with them… but living in whole health and loving and living life to the full must also get us to a place of owning our strengths as well.
Hopefully after last week you have taken some time to evaluate where you stand in how well you love… YOU. Now to shift our focus to some practical ways to improve how we love ourselves. Something we must agree upon first. Self care is one of the best ways we can steward our own hearts. This can sometimes be taken out of proportion, but I need to clarify here self care is NOT selfishness.