Hello!
Thank you for stopping by. I hope you find this blog filled with helpful advice and if nothing else HIGHLY entertaining. Let me take a moment to introduce myself. I, Sara Richmond Walls am a 25 year old mother-to-be enjoying the last two months of pregnancy. I currently work as an assistant to a remarkable woman who balances a real estate career with a family all while maintaining a national speaking circuit. I am part of how she keeps her balance and I have no trouble admitting that.
My husband Lee and I have been married for three and a half years. It is very important to my story that I tell you how we met. Lee and I grew up in towns that weren't 15 minutes apart in the rural, mountainous southwestern Virginia. We attended rival high schools and can recount several occasions during which we were in the same room. We battled each other in academic tournaments, attended debate events, college fairs at the local community college, etc. without ever meeting. Our two good friends even dated!
So, how did we meet? Lee and I, as it turned out, were both interested in Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, VA. A piece of my mail got stuck to a piece of his and when he received it, he looked me up online. We both had an instant messaging program, ICQ and, low and behold, he found me! We chatted off and on and he sent me a picture of himself. That summer, my computer died and thus we did not speak for at least two months before we went to school. At freshman orientation, I found his face in a crowd, walked up to him and said "I know you." He replied "I don't think you do." I asked "Are you Lee Walls?" And, the rest is pretty much history. We had a tumultuous friendship that turned into a passionate romance that flourished into our now amazing marriage.
So how did I get him to agree to have a baby with me? Tip #1 Ladies, LET IT GO! I was on the baby discussion early, and he simply was not ready. Honestly, neither one of us were ready. We weren't emotionally ready, financially ready, spiritually ready, mentally ready...you get my drift. Then, about two years ago, I let it go. I realized that until he was ready, we weren't ready and a baby needs both parents to be ready. Not long after, he came around to the idea. In fact, he wanted to start trying a few months before I was ready to start trying. Trust me, at least with my man, the more pressure he feels, the more he wants to resist.
I am now 31 weeks pregnant (7.5 months) and ready to divulge all that I have been through during the first two trimesters and take you through these last months with me and how Lee and I handle our newborn. (Neither one of us know ANYTHING about babies.) Please know that EVERY pregnancy is different and every woman is different, but I am ready to come clean with everything from extreme anxiety to extreme breast pain in hopes to give comfort to someone who may be experiencing the same pregnancy issues as I have experienced.
GLYASDI,
Sara
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