Is there a subliminal message in this song? Even my kidlet who is not even in the movie-watching age group yet stops anything she is doing when this song plays on anything. But this isn't about Frozen.
In the last 7 months I have learned much about letting go. I'm still learning every day but the main lessons I have taken away from our displacement are:
1. Every pre-conceived parenting idea I had ended up having to be relaxed. I wanted to use cloth diapers. Today is the first day she has been in cloth diapers since October. I wanted to make all her food and do baby led weaning. Then we were traveling ALL THE TIME and living with people, and I realized that she was eating healthy foods and organic squeeze pouches, and it was ok. I had to let go of those ideals I held because they just weren't possible in our situation.
2. Stuff is just stuff. Our stuff is not with us. No furniture of ours is with us. The furniture that I bought for Cameron's room is not here. The nursery that I so carefully set up for my sweet babe before her arrival was packed up and is in storage. It is just stuff. She is here. That is what matters. I am here. That is also what matters.
3. Home is wherever you are. It has had to be. Home is where we are together.
4. I have very little control but what I can control is my attitude, the way I handle myself, and how I treat others even when they do not treat me well. I want to be a good example for Cameron.
Lots more but that is the gist. Letting go is hard, but it is also kind of awesome to not be so attached to things.
In the last 7 months I have learned much about letting go. I'm still learning every day but the main lessons I have taken away from our displacement are:
1. Every pre-conceived parenting idea I had ended up having to be relaxed. I wanted to use cloth diapers. Today is the first day she has been in cloth diapers since October. I wanted to make all her food and do baby led weaning. Then we were traveling ALL THE TIME and living with people, and I realized that she was eating healthy foods and organic squeeze pouches, and it was ok. I had to let go of those ideals I held because they just weren't possible in our situation.
2. Stuff is just stuff. Our stuff is not with us. No furniture of ours is with us. The furniture that I bought for Cameron's room is not here. The nursery that I so carefully set up for my sweet babe before her arrival was packed up and is in storage. It is just stuff. She is here. That is what matters. I am here. That is also what matters.
3. Home is wherever you are. It has had to be. Home is where we are together.
4. I have very little control but what I can control is my attitude, the way I handle myself, and how I treat others even when they do not treat me well. I want to be a good example for Cameron.
Lots more but that is the gist. Letting go is hard, but it is also kind of awesome to not be so attached to things.