After attending last Sunday’s Aloha ʻĀina Unity March (“the march”), I started to reflect on my “new” life, especially after my daughter finished her first week of preschool. I started to think how good life is, even in light of the challenges ahead.
Breastfeeding before the march started. I think this photo is an expression of me, māmā.aloha.ʻāina.
Now that my older daughter started preschool, I will get to my plan of studying for the bar exam with more focused and intentional study time. I know it won’t be all puppies and rainbows, but the march reminded me of why I need to pass the bar. The march reminded me of how lucky I am to have this time to mālama my kuleana with caring for my keiki, my ʻohana, and doing what I love doing. While bar studying is not always the most exciting, glamorous, or encouraging, I know that it will get me to where I want to be.
Even if I wasn’t studying for the bar, just caring for my baby also has its ups and downs. It is rough being a growing baby with so many changes going on in such a short time period! But yet, I feel so fortunate to live the good life and be home with my daughter, to care for her, and witness all of her firsts. I know I’ll look back on this time on my life and remember how precious and important it was for me to be right where I am right now.
And in case that wasn’t enough, this post further reminded me of how we are definitely better off than I may think we are at times. All the items listed in this post are not necessarily true for me, but at least one is.