And then there’s the gifting.  It doesn’t matter that I buy exactly the same thing each and every time (Bonds Zippy Wondersuits in both a tasteful grey toned stripe and a polka dot colourways), I’m always a bit ‘first-time soon to be mum of a newborn’ when I shop.   A little bit starry eyed and a little bit day-dreamy as my hand brushes against each of the approximately 83 different styles on display.  Only without the compulsive need to either go to the bathroom or the nearest Maccas the moment I’ve paid for my purchase.

If you’ve been a long-time follower of the blog, you might appreciate how much of a turnaround all this is from where I was five to six years ago.  I referred to them as ‘trying’ at the time – the miscarriages, the treatment for the miscarriages, the decision to start IVF, the early weeks of that one special pregnancy.

There were tears often accompanied by one or all of the following: fear, anger, jealousy, powerlessness and yearning.  At the time, it seemed and was all consuming.  For me, time and motherhood have been powerful healers.  It’s not so much trying to ‘hold on’ to the past that sometimes sees me take my mind back to those days, it’s a sense of awe at how much life can and does keep changing.

It’s left me curious and excited about how time and change will work their often unexpected magic on the rest of my life.

Has time and change given you closure on something in your life?