I remember those first three months after having Hudson as being a vortex.  A Bermuda triangle of emotions and adjustments.  I couldn’t believe that I was suddenly responsible for this little human being and all of his needs.  The first time I managed to do grocery shopping with him on my own, I felt like having a parade for my accomplishment…a gold star for getting through all of it alive!

There was a time when I wondered if things would ever feel normal again…when the life I was living would start to resemble the life that I knew.  For all of the love that I felt for my son [which was immense and plenty]…I was still struggling to navigate my way through Motherhood.

Then, one day, it happened.  We were walking home from the grocery store when it suddenly occurred to me that I was experiencing the normalcy of life.  My new normal.  A normal that looked very different…but that I very much loved.

And so it goes with parenthood; a constant ebb and flow of finding a new normal.  But let’s be honest, when you have a munchkin that looks like this…it’s worth wading your way through…