u s e y o u r h a n d s

I think the storm is finally over.

I’ve been depressed before, had trying times before. But nothing of what I’ve read, experienced or observed, prepared me for the crushing, suffocating disaster that was the first three months of being a mother.

Nothing of what I’ve hoped for, longed for prepared me for the unmitigated joy of that next three months. I’m ecstatic and it’s both energizing and calming. I am so surprised.

And I am home.