Brought to My Knees

Stressed mother holding her baby.

I thought parenthood brought me to my knees.

“You should write a book.”

“You need to tell your story.”

“It would help so many people.”

I thought parenthood brought me to my knees.

This story, our story, our journey of holding space for Nick’s highest potential, cutting through obstacles to achieve that potential, and now recalling every element of our experience, has driven me to my knees once again.

This time, however, this time, it has also wrung me out.

It has taken my heart and made it weep.

It has taken my heart and broken it into a thousand pieces.

It has taken my broken heart and smashed it onto the floor.

I thought my heart was already rattling around my ankles.

I thought my heart was already broken.

I thought it could not break any more.

I was wrong.

I have been brought to my knees once again.

This time, though, this time in the telling, I am completely undone.

 

Heart Around Ankles, A Mother’s Journey of Worry, Angst and Triumph is scheduled for release early November 2016.