On December 23rd, 2021, we welcomed our first child into the world: Kiva 馃挄 In the year that has passed, it has been quite a surreal experience! Oddly enough, I do not feel the need to say it "went by too fast;" it has been abundant with experiences that have made my life full.
El 23 de diciembre de 2021, dimos la bienvenida a nuestro primer hijo al mundo: Kiva 馃挄 En el a帽o que ha pasado, 隆ha sido una experiencia bastante surrealista! Curiosamente, no siento la necesidad de decir que "pas贸 demasiado r谩pido"; ha sido abundante en experiencias que han llenado mi vida.
When we first discovered the news that I was pregnant, I honestly did not know how to handle it... Since I was 15, I heavily leaned in favor of living my life without children. I never aspired to be a mother; my dream never featured a family life. Throughout the years, I had little pregnancy scares, and I assumed her test would be like the others: negative, and breathe a sigh of relief! When it came back positive, I was stunned...
Cuando supimos por primera vez la noticia de que estaba embarazada, honestamente no supe c贸mo manejarlo... Desde que ten铆a 15 a帽os, me inclin茅 fuertemente a favor de vivir mi vida sin hijos. Nunca aspir茅 a ser madre; mi sue帽o nunca present贸 una vida familiar. A lo largo de los a帽os, tuve peque帽os sustos de embarazo, y asum铆 que su prueba ser铆a como las dem谩s: negativa, 隆y respiro de alivio! Cuando dio positivo, me qued茅 at贸nito...
However, I was, and still am, fortunate enough to be in a healthy relationship with a man that I love and admire! I look up to him, and I would be nothing short of ecstatic for my child to have a father like him. So, despite seeing life from only one perspective, I went against it and decided to keep the baby.
Sin embargo, fui, y sigo siendo, lo suficientemente afortunado de estar en una relaci贸n saludable con un hombre que amo y admiro. Lo admiro, y estar铆a feliz de que mi hijo tuviera un padre como 茅l. Entonces, a pesar de ver la vida desde una sola perspectiva, fui en contra y decid铆 quedarme con el beb茅.
Not a day goes by where I am not grateful that I did. Having a baby, being a parent, is unlike anything you could ever experience in life. The journey of watching an entire life, an entire human being, grow from nothing to everything, is incredible! The highs and lows of pregnancy are full of so much conviction, because you know that it is all happening for an amazing reason. Then, actually meeting that life and holding it in your arms, opens another entirely new world. This baby is here, it is yours, it is fragile, and "your life" transforms into "our life."
No pasa un d铆a en el que no est茅 agradecido de haberlo hecho. Tener un beb茅, ser padre, no se parece a nada que puedas experimentar en la vida. El viaje de ver una vida entera, un ser humano entero, crecer de la nada al todo, 隆es incre铆ble! Los altibajos del embarazo est谩n llenos de tanta convicci贸n, porque sabes que todo sucede por una raz贸n incre铆ble. Entonces, al encontrarte con esa vida y sostenerla en tus brazos, se abre otro mundo completamente nuevo. Este beb茅 est谩 aqu铆, es tuyo, es fr谩gil, y "tu vida" se transforma en "nuestra vida".