A subscriber and friend sent me this after my newsletter featured a photo of a cardinal I called my spirit animal. After reading this, I think Cardinals are the New Mom Totem:
Cardinal symbolism can also be letting you know that you should start putting yourself first. It is essential to realize that taking good care of yourself first will make it much easier for you to help others.
Furthermore, the Cardinal meaning signifies that the timing is now perfect to start those new projects that you have been contemplating. Big or small, you can tackle them all.
People with the Cardinal totem know how to listen to their inner voice and intuition very well. They are in touch with their feminine side and are also capable of tremendous sensitivity. Redbird totem people tend to be initiators and are always the pioneer or first in line. Folks with this Bird as their spirit animal can get out there and make things happen. They also have a gift for self-promotion and enjoy taking a leadership role with most projects. People with this totem also know where to start projects as well as where to end them. They have excellent strategy skills and handle power well. Those with this spirit animal totem also like new challenges in their lives and are always starting up new things.
I suppose this means I need to start sharing my newsletter with more people.
Six Months
She’s eating 32 oz of formula a day.
She’s sleeping through the night.
It all happened at the same time.
This is actually the second time I can say that I found us working on multiple things at the same time and while they felt very separate in process, they ultimately came together to achieve the main goal. In this case: sleep. So the eating enough was one thing; the weaning of the breastfeeding was another; my mental health diminishing was another another thing; insomnia was another another another thing… and then poof!
My feelings of depression, loss of identity, and direction are becoming less and less powerful the more and more I SWEAT and SLEEP and she keeps sleeping, so, I’m crawling back from the darkest centers of my brain and doing very simple shit like smiling and laughing.
And my eye lids feel like trampolines as I reflect and process what living with my parents for six weeks, as a new parent myself, has really taught me.
Fine For Now
We’re moving today and tomorrow and Thursday. This is all I could really write. Which was basically a copy and paste and that’s basically how I’m getting through this week:
Copy and paste original thought.
Control C, Control V; Control C, Control V; Control C, Control V…