My story “I wrote my own eulogy”

When I was pregnant with my first baby in 2009, I had a very specific idea of what the next stage of my life would look like. I would somehow balance parenting a newborn and managing my business, as well as self-care, a social life and maintaining a good relationship with my husband. There would, of course, also be lots of long, quiet walks and giggles and playgroups and cute outfits and milestones, and I would be there for it all. In short, I had no idea what was coming.

But in spite of my unrealistic expectations, I managed. For a while anyway. I ran my business and parented a newborn and did a lot of the other things I thought I should be doing. I went to the gym, kept up with friends, filled our weekends with social commitments and even had the