Size Seven Shoes

Once upon a time, I was an Inexperienced Mum, and prior to that, I was an Uncertain Wannabe Mother. And way before that, I was a Curious Bride and a Desperate Single Girl.  All these various hats and personas I've had over the years... all led to who I am now...  And I'm just a regular Wife and Mother now.  Am I happy?  In all honesty, I actually am.  I don't think I mind being normal that much. So long as I'm with the ones I love.  Ah, but I digress somewhat.  I guess I came to say that having lived through those various phases in the past, perhaps I should talk about them to you, my dear Reader, so that should there be a chance at all that you had felt/thought like I had back then, perhaps there may be some comfort to be had in the words I am telling you.  Where would you like to start? At the very beginning or somewhere in between?    

I've never been so grateful for ordinary days as I am right now.  We've just had one too many incidents taking place in our family over the past month or so that a mundane, uneventful day feels like a gift.  Back in the days of our youth, I think many of us would often mutter about things being boring. But maybe something being boring is a good thing. Because there are moments where things are far too exciting than they ought to be and that could potentially be paired with some form of tragedy coming to call.  A friend of mine quoted me a Chinese saying about this: "A life without major celebrations or major tragedies is a blessed one."  Perhaps at a different season of my life I might have not seen the significance of this perspective on life. But I certainly do now.  So thank God for another perfectly normal day.  I'm glad just to have my life filled with them as long as that means I get to have the ones I love close to me and I get to be at peace and enj...