2024 is on the horizon and the fog has lifted

Dear Readers, Here we are, just eight hours away from the ball dropping for 2024.

This is my 51st blog (you knew I wouldn't stop at 50). I write this one with optimism for the future and pride in the progress I have made this year. These changes are evident as I scroll through the images and words in It Takes a Village. As intended, the blog serves as a time capsule of my early days of motherhood. My words are brutally honest, exposing my innermost self. My feelings are vulnerable and fragile. I still feel the pain and confusion I experienced in those early postpartum days as I read through the stories. I felt like I was losing my identity when I became a mother, and I couldn't quite see where I fit in anymore. One thing that has remained constant is my love and devotion to little girl named Evangeline. It was hard to expose all of my raw emotions into this blog, but it was important for my own healing and processing of emotions. I also bonded with a lot of new mom friends over the vulnerable words written here. This was my story, but it turns out it was many others' too. This all started with Losing myself in motherhood. I selected an image of a young woman walking through shaded woods by herself, perhaps a bit lost and trying to find direction. Fast forward to today and my image has a very different tone. My 2024 (non) resolution is just to continue on this journey of life and motherhood and see where it takes me and my family. There is no problem that needs to be "resolved." The postpartum fog has lifted, and I finally feel like a new version of my old self. Rest assured that my story is not finished.