For you, new mumma

It’s 6am - you’re woken up for the day to a crying little one who wants a cuddle for the 4th (or was it more?) time since they closed their eyes the night before. The older (but still tiny) one is immediately up and demanding breakfast be produced instantly or chaos will reign.

You’re exhausted.

I get it, I’ve been there! I’ve walked the long and lonely halls of sleep deprivation and overwhelm. It’s all consuming, but let me tell you - there is so much magic in this. Those tireless steps, those endless nights, those times you breathed deeply and loved on those tiny people over and over even when you thought you had nothing left to give - those are the moments where you will find something hidden so deep within you, that it cannot be destroyed. Like the forging of a diamond buried in the depths, your passion, your love, your drive, your endurance will grow so strong it will astound you.

This is where you will find your creative magic. Because now you’ve been shown the strongest foundations of our humanity, you’ve seen insurmountable love, you’ve understood just how capable you really are. You are now unstoppable. With your hands you have held the cradle of human creation, you have nurtured a new life into being, and you will see them grow with a sight that will only view the world with wonder. A gift we tend to forget as our eyes become weary of the every-day and the mundane.

This space is so, so hard. But you can do hard things. You can do more than you ever thought possible.