Many many moons ago, I was a university student without a care in the world other than passing my courses to avoid the wrath of immigrant dad & mom, and hanging out with my friends. Life, then threw a curve ball at me. With a huge crisis averted, I continued on the path society expected of me; I graduated, got married, travelled, progressed in my career, bought my first home, and had a baby. Then I miscarried. Twice. And then I got divorced.
Needless to say, I was the first in our family and acquaintances to walk down this dark and scary path. And I hadn’t hit 30 yet. And I had a young child. And I was self-employed. Lucky for me, even though immigrant parents had no idea what to say or do to fix this situation, they loved me unconditionally and were my pillar of strength. I packed up little 2 year old boy, moved to a new neighbourhood in the city, and started my new life.
Fast forward a few years, with no significant other in sight, and a need to have a sibling for my son, I decided to adopt. My journey to him was documented at http://athenaadoption.blogspot.ca/ so that my friends and family could join me on my travels, and for son #2 to have a bit of history of his own. He’s been home 4 years now and in that time, I’ve been asked countless number of times, for advice on my past experiences as well as how I manage my life now.
As a result, I’ve decided to start this blog. I’m hoping to connect with more of you and provide those who wonder (and those who have asked) “how do you do it?”, an insight to my life. I’m also hoping that regardless of whether or not you’re single or coupled, with 0, 1, 2 or 10 offspring, that you’ll find something you can relate to and chuckle about as you realize that we all juggle many hats and identities on a day-to-day basis. I have my fair share however I promise to not say I’m tired or super busy.
I’m going to try, and the keyword here is try, to pretend that I’m on an adventure with many costume changes.
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