My First Published Article & I Turned 30!!

Okay, so as I mentioned a few weeks back, I am being published in a local mag.  Urban Infant to be exact.  So, I figure why not put it on here.  Here is a link to the article, page 11.  Urban Infant Winter 2012  Let me know what you think.

Now on to a little more fun stuff!

Jan 8th, I turned 30!  I was anxious and excited all at the same time for this.  I am not good with my birthdays. 

I was a young mother, and enjoyed very much being a young mother, after I had come to grips with it.  Being a young mother is difficult.  Actually, let me  rephrase, it is different.  My oldest arrived 3 weeks after my 16th birthday.  I had a lot to overcome, to "prove" that I was a good and competent mother.  There are struggles with being a young parent that, when you are 25 you never need to think of.

However, when you are 25, you also have challenges.  You are still coming to terms with your body, your self worth in society, and within yourself.  Many people at 25 are only starting a family, just figuring out where life is taking them, just finding a compatible mate!

For me, today, I am excited!  I honestly, woke up on my birthday, feeling wonderful.  I am so excited to be in an age and country where I can do anything, and I am at an age where I really feel that I can do everything. 

My placenta business is doing fabulous.  I am overwhelmed with all the positive feedback that I have gotten from clients.  And, more over, something the people who contact me don't realize, is that from each placenta I do, I feel honoured. 

I am confident.  I am confident to know that it is OK for me to make mistakes, to own my limitations.  I am confident to know that when I make mistakes, I will learn by them.  I am confident in my mothering "skills", even though I don't always know what I am doing.....  I think most importantly, I am confident, that life will always be alright.