I'm 34 weeks and counting now. I am excited and anticipating what life will be like as a new mother, as new parents. We're having baby showers and asking our friends to bring us written wisdoms about parenting or childhood to collect in little Louise's baby book. Some days I feel like I have an exam coming up and I don't know how to prepare for it. We're taking birthing classes and baby care classes which helps us have some idea what to expect, still though, mostly it is a great mystery.
Meanwhile, though we miss Dharma deeply, we are so enjoying the calm before the change. Our days are spent writing, singing, walking in nature, dreaming, reading, sleeping, eating while spending as much time as we can with our east coast friends and family before we move out West.
We celebrated Easter with our dear friends Cam, Hilly and Shante. I was the Be Here Now Bunny wearing a lovely maternity dress that Nina made for me. This rabbit has already recovered from living in the hole and has come up to remember the real time, the true time, the only time is Now time. Still, Six year old Shante and the Be Here Now Bunny had a somewhat comical run in over the question of sharing the magic eggs, hence the funny sequence of photos you see above... I know the bunny ends up looking a like the villainous one but it really wasn't like that at all.
Recording and filming the Dharma song was fulfilling.
It seemed to put a nice period on the end of that life passage, the last sentence of that chapter in that book of our journey. On top of the monthly recordings, I'm continuing to write two novels and a children's picture book with the help of my friend James who's doing some reading and editing for me. I'll look forward to sharing those works publicly when they're ready. And that's it for now...the next time I write, I'll probably be ready to pop but until then, holy now as always.
