This week marks the beginning of my maternity leave. My life has already dramatically shifted from getting ready to be away from church for twelve weeks, to getting our family and home ready for a new baby. It is a time of anticipation, busyness, excitement, and a bit of anxiety. As I assured my parish, I assure myself: “All shall be well, all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well,” as Julian of Norwich would say.
Many of you have asked if I will still be writing while on maternity leave. I have pondered this myself for quite a while, and I have decided that I will be applying my Lenten discipline to this area of life as well. This year for Lent, I decided to give myself a break – not to push too hard, but to just try to be present in the moment, knowing that this Lent and Eastertide will be a time of dramatic change for our family and that God is in the midst of it all. And so I may decide that I need the creative outlet, and will in fact be posting on the blog. Or I may decide that I just need to be present with my daughter in the limited time that we have before I go back to work. Either way, I am not putting pressure on myself. So I suppose my answer is, “I don’t know. We will see.”
In the meantime, I hope that you will hold me and my family in your prayers. I know that new life is a sacred gift, and I look forward to sharing that gift with you…eventually. Many blessings on your journey in the meantime. I’ll see you soon!
Seeking and Serving 