Becoming a parent changes us. Significantly. In my Life BC, I was becoming a Marine Biologist - a marine mammal researcher. I was on the cusp of a PhD chasing killer whales around the Aleutian Islands (Alaska) when my biological clock started booming - a matter of months after the trip of a life time to the Antarctic. It was like I had ticked off my childhood dreams, and was ready for adulthood...all thoughts of whales and phd's (previously an intense passion) were replaced with dreams of babies. It was a long awaited pregnancy when it finally came, and in becoming a Mother I was forever changed. I re-evaluated what mattered, and found my scientific brain turning to breastfeeding knowledge, then birth physiology, and then all my previous experiences were channeled in new ways toward my current journey as The Birth Cartographer, and a PhD about facilitating communication in birth preparation.
The document below began as a series of email updates, sent weekly from the ship. There was no internet (a daily transfer was made, and the IT person was in control of all the world news). There was no social media.
The photos were taken on a film camera, and the film was scanned.
I am still that Catherine. She is very much a part of me, but sometimes it is like she was a completely different person, someone I knew once...an old friend fondly remembered, but not a part of my life any more. I still have her collection of Bryan Adams tapes and CDs.
The document below began as a series of email updates, sent weekly from the ship. There was no internet (a daily transfer was made, and the IT person was in control of all the world news). There was no social media.
The photos were taken on a film camera, and the film was scanned.
I am still that Catherine. She is very much a part of me, but sometimes it is like she was a completely different person, someone I knew once...an old friend fondly remembered, but not a part of my life any more. I still have her collection of Bryan Adams tapes and CDs.
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