DELIVERY TO:
THE ALL-EMBRACING INFINITE LOVE FOR A CHILD IS MIND BLOWING
23 Apr 2021
I was more than ready to start a family when I got my first child, Sigurd, who is nine years old today. It felt like I had been waiting forever, and his arrival was pure bliss. Having this tiny human being, whose basic needs were my main priority, made so much sense to me: letting my ego and all my own dreams and desires step aside for some time felt liberating, somehow. I would do absolutely anything for him, and experiencing this kind of all-embracing, infinite love for a child is mind blowing in itself. When my daughter Sonja came six years after, I was busy running a company, together with a business partner. But, I soon realized that being a mother of two, with one of them just an infant, and working like crazy was simply too much. I felt exhausted and stressed out, but, most importantly, it dawned on me that the time I spent away working was literally their childhood.
I did not want to wake up one morning wondering where all that precious time had gone. It took courage choosing to leave the company and to redefine myself professionally, and it was the right decision. It is not healthy to have too many regrets in life, and I just could not do both. Today, I am very aware of how my life choices affect our family, and my husband and I are quite good at consciously choosing to spend time together with the kids – travelling, going on trips together, playing or just hanging out. Reading a book cuddled up in the sofa after a long day or going over pictures from when Sigurd and Sonja were little, are the everyday moments that remind us how much we enjoy each other’s company and how empty life would be without these experiences.
