Are you scared about having a baby where you live and in the middle of the pandemic? What had you hoped would happen this year?
Long story short - yeah, kinda. I’m glad to not be living right in the city, where the covid cases have been worst.
On one hand, it’s scary to be having a baby during a pandemic, in a state which has been a hot spot, in a country where a large population seems somehow still unable to take it seriously or respect the health and well-being of society as a whole. On the other hand though I’m kinda just resigned to it and it is what it is. At the end of the day I’m considering myself lucky and blessed to be having this little baby and I feel positive that we’ll make it work no matter what. I can only control what I can control.
What had I hoped would happen this year? Well, pre-pandemic and pre-pregnancy I probably would have said something like I hoped to lose weight, focus on fitness, get into a better/happier position with my current work. Since finding out in May that I was pregnant, though, it feels like literally the only thing I’ve wanted for this year is to grow this human successfully. Of course I also have really desperately wanted my family and friends to all stay healthy and safe and well, too.
It’s not been a perfect year, let’s be honest, but for me personally I can look back and say I did one really good thing this year. And while I hope that 2021 looks different in a lot of ways, I know I’ve grown a lot from the challenges I’ve faced this year and I have to be grateful for that.
