I have been trying to put into words how lonely city life was after having a baby. It's way more than not having family around because we don't really have a very 'family-oriented' family anyway and my parents are divorced, my sister still single and working in the fashion industry. My sister and I both grew up watching Sex and the City and didn't have a plan after moving to a city and working. That was it - to be glamorous in the city! When I had a baby, friends made me feel like I had become a traitor. We are having a second child at 40 because it took SO LONG to get a new community that is supportive and not "too busy" to care about us being a family.
I have been trying to put into words how lonely city life was after having a baby. It's way more than not having family around because we don't really have a very 'family-oriented' family anyway and my parents are divorced, my sister still single and working in the fashion industry. My sister and I both grew up watching Sex and the City and didn't have a plan after moving to a city and working. That was it - to be glamorous in the city! When I had a baby, friends made me feel like I had become a traitor. We are having a second child at 40 because it took SO LONG to get a new community that is supportive and not "too busy" to care about us being a family.
The ending to this is incredible and very relatable. I loved the paragraph about retaining your creative process.