Inaugural Post

Well, here we are. Life has changed a lot in the past 3 weeks and to honor that change, I've moved out of the Basement and into a space, both literal and metaphorical, where I hope to incubate and birth many new elements into the world. Okay, so one major 'element' has already been birthed. Miss Ella Katherine and I are working on getting our groove together and finding some rhythms by which to function - the translation of that into real speak is how many explosive poops she can have in a 24 hour period that involve either spreading from diaper into clothes or happen just as the diaper comes off, thus covering the changing pad or shooting across the changing pad and onto the table. But, I digress.

I debated in my head at length over what to call this new blog and kept coming back to 'A Womb of One's Own' for several reasons.

1. I loved A Room of One's Own when I read it in my post-college righteously feminist phase (note: I don't think that phase has really ever ended, but more or less morphed into lots of other things) it really spoke to me. Talk about a seminal work in Sarah's life. I think my jaw hung open for much of the book as I pondered Virginia Woolf's thoughts and wondered how this woman had lived so far before me yet said so many things that are still salient today. It was in her positing that a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write great fiction that makes me want this blog to by my 'room'. I don't aspire to write great fiction here, but I would like to contemplate and create.

2. My own twist in the title comes from recent contemplations as I gestated my daughter and my own womb expanded to contain her being. I was continually amazed that my body held this capacity to just grow another human and through the pregnancy and birth I learned that I was capable of so much more than I ever knew. It also made me realize that it wasn't just my literal womb that was capable of growth and change, but there is also womb as metaphor and allowing ideas and desires space to come to fruition is just as important.

For example, shifting into motherhood is something I've longed for. Over the past 5 years every time I hit the wall of dissatisfaction with my job I'd start to look around and then find myself in the place where I knew what I really wanted was to not have another job, but to be a part-time stay at home mom and part-time voice teacher. Each job search would end with some interviews and job offers for positions I knew in my heart I didn't really want. It took a long time for that dream to become reality in my life, but lo and behold after putting it out to the Universe and asking nicely, my year of being 35 was quite the year and life went on fast forward. I loved knowing that my due date was just one day after my one year anniversary with Ben. I thought it was a pretty darn nice anniversary present for both of us and was even more glad when she arrived 4 days early.

So, there you have it. I'm starting afresh and will share with you here stories of childrearing, personal growth and of course, celebrity news commentary when merited.