I love these thoughts, Anne! I'm not a mother yet but I think often about how motherhood and creativity can co-exist. Also, I love your desk corner. It looks like the best, coziest spot.
Thank you so much, Micelle! Lately it has been a subject that is constantly on my mind, and I am still navigating through it! And thank you for your compliment, it is truly a set-up that has served me very well for many cozy hours ❤️
I love that you’re holding on to your writing and creativity as you move into this new stage of motherhood.
For myself, after the arrival of my second child I found a renewal of my career ambition in a way I didn’t feel after the arrival of my first child. I was exhausted, as all new parents are, but I found myself so excited by new ideas. I didn’t have a lot of time to pursue them straight away, but it was hugely important to my rediscovery of myself as a working creative mother.
Wishing you the fourth trimester that you’re hoping for and that gives you everything you need in this exciting next stage! ❤️
Thank you so much, Ingrid, for sharing your own experience with me ❤️
It gives me so much hope to hear of parents who have had creative ideas and flow whilst also taking care of their little ones, I really hope this can happen to me as well in the fourth trimester and beyond that as well. Thank you for commenting ❤️
It’s fun to bring them along with you for the creativity! Maybe with kid appropriate versions (ie: this paint, not that paint) — but the best way to have fun with my kids is just to involve them in the things that IIIII think are fun 😆😃
I sent this to my daughter. They are having their first child & it resonated within me about keeping your creative balance while raising a family. I lost myself somewhere while raising 5 children. Thank you for writing. It’s a gift to us who enjoy reading 💗
That line hit me like a ton of bricks. Currently experiencing this. My daughter is 6 months old and our sleep is all over the place. My dreams used to be a huge source of inspiration for my poetry and writing, and without them, I do feel like it has changed my creative expression.
I am sending you a big hug (if that’s your thing) and I look forward to seeing more from you! Congratulations on your newest little addition! Wishing you both a healthy birth and postpartum!! 🩷
I love your thoughts and reflections anticipating the arrival of your second little one & what it might mean for your creativity. My babies are now lovely young adults & looking back I know that my creativity has had seasons of flourishing, but also times when it was inevitably diminished by exhaustion & work. But I have found that it has always re-emerged…. I absolutely agree with your sense that you must give yourself gentle grace when your new baby arrives - it is so important ❤️. Your creativity may be expressed in so many different ways as you navigate those early months with your two little ones, but I suspect it will be there informing everything… I think having had the experience of feeling like you ‘gave up’ but then arriving back at this period of burgeoning creativity right in step with the rhythms of your currrent family life is the best possible reassurance for you to know that it just took time (& it may do again, but perhaps not this time 🙏🏻🤔!) . Sending kindest wishes to you for your final trimester & onwards.
I love these thoughts, Anne! I'm not a mother yet but I think often about how motherhood and creativity can co-exist. Also, I love your desk corner. It looks like the best, coziest spot.
Thank you so much, Micelle! Lately it has been a subject that is constantly on my mind, and I am still navigating through it! And thank you for your compliment, it is truly a set-up that has served me very well for many cozy hours ❤️
I love that you’re holding on to your writing and creativity as you move into this new stage of motherhood.
For myself, after the arrival of my second child I found a renewal of my career ambition in a way I didn’t feel after the arrival of my first child. I was exhausted, as all new parents are, but I found myself so excited by new ideas. I didn’t have a lot of time to pursue them straight away, but it was hugely important to my rediscovery of myself as a working creative mother.
Wishing you the fourth trimester that you’re hoping for and that gives you everything you need in this exciting next stage! ❤️
Thank you so much, Ingrid, for sharing your own experience with me ❤️
It gives me so much hope to hear of parents who have had creative ideas and flow whilst also taking care of their little ones, I really hope this can happen to me as well in the fourth trimester and beyond that as well. Thank you for commenting ❤️
It’s fun to bring them along with you for the creativity! Maybe with kid appropriate versions (ie: this paint, not that paint) — but the best way to have fun with my kids is just to involve them in the things that IIIII think are fun 😆😃
I have found this to be true as well, and it has helped me immensely in my motherhood ❤️ Thank for your comment.
I sent this to my daughter. They are having their first child & it resonated within me about keeping your creative balance while raising a family. I lost myself somewhere while raising 5 children. Thank you for writing. It’s a gift to us who enjoy reading 💗
Thank you so much for sharing my work, Theresa, I’m so happy to hear that it resonated with you ❤️ Thank you for reading and commenting.
So true! Knowing that you might be interrupted any time does fire one up sometimes, and you just get on with it, because you know now is the time 😊
“And if I cannot dream, how can I then write?”
That line hit me like a ton of bricks. Currently experiencing this. My daughter is 6 months old and our sleep is all over the place. My dreams used to be a huge source of inspiration for my poetry and writing, and without them, I do feel like it has changed my creative expression.
I am sending you a big hug (if that’s your thing) and I look forward to seeing more from you! Congratulations on your newest little addition! Wishing you both a healthy birth and postpartum!! 🩷
This. My daughter is 15 months and I feel like I am starting to have this message “click”. I wish you so well and cannot wait to learn more from you🧡✨
I love your thoughts and reflections anticipating the arrival of your second little one & what it might mean for your creativity. My babies are now lovely young adults & looking back I know that my creativity has had seasons of flourishing, but also times when it was inevitably diminished by exhaustion & work. But I have found that it has always re-emerged…. I absolutely agree with your sense that you must give yourself gentle grace when your new baby arrives - it is so important ❤️. Your creativity may be expressed in so many different ways as you navigate those early months with your two little ones, but I suspect it will be there informing everything… I think having had the experience of feeling like you ‘gave up’ but then arriving back at this period of burgeoning creativity right in step with the rhythms of your currrent family life is the best possible reassurance for you to know that it just took time (& it may do again, but perhaps not this time 🙏🏻🤔!) . Sending kindest wishes to you for your final trimester & onwards.