It is often said that the arrival of a newborn changes families completely and forever - for better or for worse. I never really understood the significance of this thought, till now.Everything and everyone has changed. Husband, parents, brother and friends,`preoccupations, joys and fears - everything about life is now different. Most of the changes are positive, not being able to browse through bookshelves because baby is screaming his lungs out in the buggy is one of the few negatives, easily overlooked.
Another bit of advice that everyone from the ante-natal class organisers to parents to well-wishing friends and acquaintances gave was to take one day at a time. I never quite understood this one. I never really got why one would need or want to do that. Now everyday that is successfully managed without accident or incident is celebrated - with broken sleep, but sleep all the same. It is more precious than gold these days.
So taking one day at a time, I am embarking upon the pursuit of normalcy. The definition of normalcy also has had to be altered. Normal is not how it used to be, normal will now be the best, or even half decent, that it can be now. An afternoon walk by the river, accomplished with little to no crying, is a noteworthy achievement - the day can be labelled a huge success.
To more such days, of sunshine, warmth, cheerful companions, happy babies and pure contentment.
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Its a different life. It feels like a different world. Thinking about it, nothing has changed physically - the river still runs and curves at around the Canbury bend, the dogs still play with their tennis balls, lovers still sit on those riverside benches and daisies have bloomed with the onset of spring - yes the only thing that has changed is how we view all of these. We view these with a sense of relief that all of them still exist because our lives have changed so fundamentally.
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