Mood board: motherhood

Ok before we get ahead of ourselves, rest-assured we’re not talking my motherhood. Not quite there just yet. The catalyst for this one was sort of my older brother Adam and his wife, Lauren having their first child, Raquel (and the family’s first little one since any of us), 10 months ago. It changed our family. The way I’d imagine it changes most families. It seems like our time slows down when Raquel is around. We find ourselves constantly curious about her. And at the same time, in awe of her actions or tentative vocal expressions.

As life would have it, many of those closest to me are “settling down” at a unstoppable pace these days. Come this fall, 6 of my closest friends (including my other brother) will be getting married between September and November (my outfit sitch for each of those is already consuming way too much thought). I keep saying there’s something in the 2012 air.

You don’t fully see any of it coming really…suddenly life just sort of, switches gears. For the most part, many of my conversations with my entourage these days are about their impending nuptials or their children. Sometimes it’s overwhelming on my end, because my overall path is so alternate to theirs. But as a whole, it’s impossible to ignore how special a time this is in their lives, and the ways in which it’s definitely touching on my own.

As a kid, trying on my mom’s heels was one of my favourite things to do. Though they definitely weren’t Kirkwoods

One of the interesting things that’s come out of all of this, is the personal realization of just how nontraditional I am. It’s not something I didn’t necessarily already know , but paralleled with the lives, hopes and dreams of those around me, it’s suddenly really clear. Incidentally, it’s what’s seen me fall completely in love with The Glow. I love how Kelly Stuart and Violet Gaynor capture the maternal moments of these oh so stylish and seemingly unconventional moms, and their beautiful offspring. Visiting the site has had a sort of bridging effect on me. Making the lives and ongoings of the new moms around me, far more relateable; it’s helped me better understand and admire the beauty in motherhood. It’s also The Glow’s portrayal of these moms balancing a stylish life at home with an independent career, that I find endlessly aspirational.