Reverb10: Healing & Trying
Dec. 19th, 2010 09:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smittenbyuDecember 19 – Healing. What healed you this year? Was it sudden, or a drip-by-drip evolution? How would you like to be healed in 2011? (Author: Leonie Allan)
I like to say that through my pregnancy, I lent my body to the new form that was created within. All my organs were squished this way and that to make physical room, my hormones went all topsy-turvy to adjust to the new life and dear hubby had to bite his tongue at my not-so-frequent-but-happened mood swings toward the end of the road. Having the baby began the healing process of my mind and body. I got it back. And it's still working towards the full strength. It has been a wonderful and often amusing time - yes with the baby and all but rediscovering things about what I could do before I got pregnant.
My first evolutionary change I noticed was the ease in how I once again could bend down and pick things up from the floor! I didn't need to strategise each and every move to get the item or call for N to help! The other big change was the fact that the world wouldn't come to an end if I slept on my belly! Those two were the big things that truly amused me and helped me realise that my body was mine again! This weekend helped me realise that I am almost there. As we put together the IKEA shelf, I realised I didn't need to sit and observe N put the things together but could actually do a lot of the assembling! (Of course, am a bit sore after all the squatting and bending - but I see it as a preparation for me to be running behind D in the coming months!!)
And I hope in 2011 that healing process will be complete!
December 18 – Try. What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it? (Author: Kaileen Elise)
In 2011,
1) I want to make something - restart my quilting project
2) I want to try my hands at baking!
3) And to continue creating the scrapbook of the last three years! The photos are all ready. Other non-photo scraps are also saved. Now, I just need to get to it!
This past year I tried knitting and I gave up. It was too much for me to do. Sounds silly but I found sewing easier. I had gotten a good start and then baby happened and never got to it. I am not exactly sure how I will get that going again, but would like to get it going!
I like to say that through my pregnancy, I lent my body to the new form that was created within. All my organs were squished this way and that to make physical room, my hormones went all topsy-turvy to adjust to the new life and dear hubby had to bite his tongue at my not-so-frequent-but-happened mood swings toward the end of the road. Having the baby began the healing process of my mind and body. I got it back. And it's still working towards the full strength. It has been a wonderful and often amusing time - yes with the baby and all but rediscovering things about what I could do before I got pregnant.
My first evolutionary change I noticed was the ease in how I once again could bend down and pick things up from the floor! I didn't need to strategise each and every move to get the item or call for N to help! The other big change was the fact that the world wouldn't come to an end if I slept on my belly! Those two were the big things that truly amused me and helped me realise that my body was mine again! This weekend helped me realise that I am almost there. As we put together the IKEA shelf, I realised I didn't need to sit and observe N put the things together but could actually do a lot of the assembling! (Of course, am a bit sore after all the squatting and bending - but I see it as a preparation for me to be running behind D in the coming months!!)
And I hope in 2011 that healing process will be complete!
December 18 – Try. What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it? (Author: Kaileen Elise)
In 2011,
1) I want to make something - restart my quilting project
2) I want to try my hands at baking!
3) And to continue creating the scrapbook of the last three years! The photos are all ready. Other non-photo scraps are also saved. Now, I just need to get to it!
This past year I tried knitting and I gave up. It was too much for me to do. Sounds silly but I found sewing easier. I had gotten a good start and then baby happened and never got to it. I am not exactly sure how I will get that going again, but would like to get it going!
