Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 52
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BY BRYNA RENÉ HAYNES
h, new motherhood. Has there ever
been any stage of life so raw, so real, and so
utterly revealing?
I dreamed of bliss and the milky smell of a
newborn’s head as I waited for my due date
to arrive―and I kept dreaming as I waited
the twenty-two extra days it took my Little
Star to finally show her precious face.
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In those last months of pregnancy, I
remembered scenes from my first child’s
infancy: hanging out on the couch with
my book while she nursed, moving slowly
through our days as we explored this new
and vibrant world where one had magically
become two. I remembered drowsing in
the rocking chair at midday, and taking
long walks down my country road with
Moonbeam in her stroller and the sun on my
back. Most of all, I remembered the sense
of spaciousness I experienced in those
first weeks as a mother. Even though
I needed to dive back into work
projects when Moonbeam was only
seven weeks old, those first weeks,
in retrospect, were slow, open, full of
possibility and devoid of expectation.
I was, naively, looking forward to more
of the same with my second daughter,
knowing that I’d have the support of my
hubby, my parents, and my in-laws.
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