Well... yes.
However, there are mitigating circumstances. In Oct 2011, I shaved my head and bleached the resultant stubble, into a glorious and glowing 'do. The next morning, having felt slightly off-kilter for a day or two, I pee'd on a stick and well...
As I'm sure you can understand, being pregnant & working full-time whilst trying to maintain a blog can be really tricky when you are as spectacularly lazy as I am. I kept drafting the 'I Am Pregnant' Post, but couldn't word it as I wanted to. Plus in all honesty, I wasn't sure how much of the Newt's life I wanted to share with the WWW.
I had a grand old time getting bigger and bigger! Spending large swathes of my wages on ASOS Maternity and working on integrating the bump into my style was SO much fun. However, in May 2011 as I entered the uncomfortably large stage of pregnancy, my beloved father suffered a massive ischemic stroke. Unable to speak or move his right side, Padre never came home. Right now isn't the time to go into the details, but if you want to learn more or you need support The Stroke Association is an incredible resource.
The much needed view on Holywell Beach at the end of summer
Summer 2011 was spent alternating visits to the City General to see Padre with trips to the Maternity Unit to see when the Newt would turn up. In July and nearly two weeks behind Due Date, the beautiful Miss Newt brought her laughing face into the world! Within 48hrs, having waited long enough, Padre drew his last breath. As distressing as it was to say goodbye, it was truly awe-inspiring to witness the outpouring of love & admiration there was for him. My sisters & I received some wonderful words from some wonderful people, including many I've never had the privilege of meeting.
So between changing Nappies, arranging funerals and filing an ungodly amount of paperwork followed by staring at the sea - I can be forgiven for a little slacking.
I guess what all this comes to is that I foresee some great changes ahead and I'm taking Atominade along for the ride. I'm resurrecting Atominade, improving the content & frequency and shooting some great big bubbles into the world!
So, I'm looking forward to 2012 with "a grateful prayer and a thankful heart" (Huge respect if you can place the quote!) It will be a great big cathartic exercise in drawing on the past in order to shape the future. There will be some tough moments and some awkward questions, such as; 'How does an Aggressive Optimist deal with death?', 'When is the right time to make a Will?' and 'What DO you wear when everything you own is covered in baby snot?' As tricky as it might be to navigate through the effervescent ramblings, I promise I will not abandon you.
I truly hope you're on board.
T
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