Tuesday, May 12, 2020
I warned you last month, here is the first one. I am certain from May 12, 2020 until the end of November 2020 I will open at least 100 blank journal entry pages. Of course, they will not be completely blank; each page will at least have the words “My piece of advice to you is to” and possibly the correct date on it, but dates are optional at this point. My health deteriorated and deteriorated from May 2020 until early October 2020, and my motivation took a while to kick back in. I am writing today's journal entry in April 2021. (My motivation is still kicking in.) Fortunately, I am writing about a post I wrote for a very short-lived blog I started after the birth of my now, as of May 12, 2020, seven-year-old, Mika, so I do not need to use a whole lot of brain power.
I have approximately 20 of these old blog posts I wrote in 2012 and 2013. Depending how many blank journal pages I open in the near future, you may have all these old blog posts in front of you within a month. I am still afraid to even attempt to count how many blank journal entries I have for fear it would simply discourage me and I would skip those pages completely. It will be an interesting experiment for me to see how many words I change from more than eight years ago. Was Recently Refreshed Mom Susanne more interesting than Dying from Cancer Susanne? We shall see... I posted this first entry to a blog I called The Quad Mama on October 9, 2012. I titled this entry I Am Not Waiting for Any More Ducks.
"So, I am just going to begin, or I never will. Eventually I will have photos and videos but for now it is just me writing. If I wait until I have all my ducks in a row I will never get started. The most important information you need to know is that I am a 40-something quadriplegic who recently had a beautiful baby girl. So, this blog is about raising a child for a parent with a physical impairment.
Today baby girl is almost five months old; however, she was born seven weeks early, so she is still small for her age. I will be discussing her hospital stay, the accessibility we find in the community, products, tips I use to take care of her and, of course, baby girl.
For now, I will write at least once a week. I have been videotaping such tasks as changing diapers, feeding, dressing, and just getting out of the house. So eventually you will be able to see these everyday tasks and how easy (or hard) they can be, because sometimes you need to see it to understand it. The videos will come as I have time to edit them. Especially important is editing out baby girl’s discrete areas during diaper changing because you know baby girl will not be happy if she grows up and there are naked baby pictures of her on the Internet.
So welcome to my blog; I hope you enjoy it.”
On the bright side, I only edited four or five words and added five or six commas. Oh, the promises I broke. I was recording several videos of me doing basic tasks with Mika. I moved all the 2012 unedited videos into a folder for easier access when I am no longer a part of this family today before I started writing this journal entry. I was too busy working more hours than I should have been for my employer and I have probably 40 videos in the 2012 folder. If my family, at some point, wants to get the videos edited and released to the world they are more than welcome to do so, as long as they take out Mika's naughty bits.
My piece of advice to you is to learn from the past. When I previewed all those videos from the 2012 folder today, I saw how happy I was doing basic baby tasks, and I felt like I was back in the moment. I am glad I have those videos for Mika to see as she grows up. I also saw how much neater my house was eight years ago, Recently Refreshed Mom Susanne definitely wins in the housekeeping department.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.
I warned you last month, here is the first one. I am certain from May 12, 2020 until the end of November 2020 I will open at least 100 blank journal entry pages. Of course, they will not be completely blank; each page will at least have the words “My piece of advice to you is to” and possibly the correct date on it, but dates are optional at this point. My health deteriorated and deteriorated from May 2020 until early October 2020, and my motivation took a while to kick back in. I am writing today's journal entry in April 2021. (My motivation is still kicking in.) Fortunately, I am writing about a post I wrote for a very short-lived blog I started after the birth of my now, as of May 12, 2020, seven-year-old, Mika, so I do not need to use a whole lot of brain power.
I have approximately 20 of these old blog posts I wrote in 2012 and 2013. Depending how many blank journal pages I open in the near future, you may have all these old blog posts in front of you within a month. I am still afraid to even attempt to count how many blank journal entries I have for fear it would simply discourage me and I would skip those pages completely. It will be an interesting experiment for me to see how many words I change from more than eight years ago. Was Recently Refreshed Mom Susanne more interesting than Dying from Cancer Susanne? We shall see... I posted this first entry to a blog I called The Quad Mama on October 9, 2012. I titled this entry I Am Not Waiting for Any More Ducks.
"So, I am just going to begin, or I never will. Eventually I will have photos and videos but for now it is just me writing. If I wait until I have all my ducks in a row I will never get started. The most important information you need to know is that I am a 40-something quadriplegic who recently had a beautiful baby girl. So, this blog is about raising a child for a parent with a physical impairment.
Today baby girl is almost five months old; however, she was born seven weeks early, so she is still small for her age. I will be discussing her hospital stay, the accessibility we find in the community, products, tips I use to take care of her and, of course, baby girl.
For now, I will write at least once a week. I have been videotaping such tasks as changing diapers, feeding, dressing, and just getting out of the house. So eventually you will be able to see these everyday tasks and how easy (or hard) they can be, because sometimes you need to see it to understand it. The videos will come as I have time to edit them. Especially important is editing out baby girl’s discrete areas during diaper changing because you know baby girl will not be happy if she grows up and there are naked baby pictures of her on the Internet.
So welcome to my blog; I hope you enjoy it.”
On the bright side, I only edited four or five words and added five or six commas. Oh, the promises I broke. I was recording several videos of me doing basic tasks with Mika. I moved all the 2012 unedited videos into a folder for easier access when I am no longer a part of this family today before I started writing this journal entry. I was too busy working more hours than I should have been for my employer and I have probably 40 videos in the 2012 folder. If my family, at some point, wants to get the videos edited and released to the world they are more than welcome to do so, as long as they take out Mika's naughty bits.
My piece of advice to you is to learn from the past. When I previewed all those videos from the 2012 folder today, I saw how happy I was doing basic baby tasks, and I felt like I was back in the moment. I am glad I have those videos for Mika to see as she grows up. I also saw how much neater my house was eight years ago, Recently Refreshed Mom Susanne definitely wins in the housekeeping department.
Until next time,
Susanne
Please check out my GoFundMe page.