(Un)expecting

Do you know what you're doing, having a baby?

Really. Do you? Because I didn't.

I had no idea that my life would be so irrevocably different. Despite the outpourings of advice (wanted and otherwise), I found myself lost. Constantly surrounded, yet completely alone. I didn't know what I didn't know, until I knew it. I didn't know what to expect - and learned that there should be no expectation.

The journey into motherhood is life-changing, in every regard. For me, it was (and continues to be) ...