…Geoffrie, A Work In Progress

On December 20^th I received an email that I truly didn’t expect to ever receive, an offer to publish my story of Tiernan and Caulla-Anora’s birth. Jennifer, the owner of Andaluz Waterbirth Center, received my permission to submit my story to Midwifery Today magazine shortly after I wrote and posted it. I never expected to hear more on that, but out of the blue I received an email from the magazine with a release form attached. They want to publish my story in the June, 2008 issue of the magazine!

Life certainly has a way of throwing all kinds of curve balls in your direction. Last week I was pretty deep into depression, dealing with the emotional backlash of being a new father. I had read that this was a possibility, but reading about something and having it crash down around your ears is something else entirely. I was not prepared for the intensity of what I was feeling, and my habit of being super self-critical threw me into quite the tailspin. (more…)

Knowing that something might happen and having it actually happen are two incredibly different things. Yeah, probably not new info for most people, but every now and then it rises up to bite me in the rump.

These days my life seems to revolve around the twins. I never would have believed how much they can change, and have changed my life. Sure, you know going in that children are going to change your life and your priorities, but somehow I thought that it would be an easy adjustment. In some ways it has been, but in a number of other ways it has been very difficult for me. (more…)