I have been feeling quiet lately. I haven’t done a lot of wordy blog posts. I haven’t been texting as much with friends. I’m just taking it all in right now: learning how to live with a partner again, learning how to parent a child that isn’t my own, teaching my own child (and my asshole cat) how to live with others, and making sure everyone is healthy, happy, and feels loved.
Being a parent can be exhausting. We are adopters – I can still remember those first few months – and crashing every evening after we put them to bed. Somehow you get used to it. Not sure how, but you do.