thoughts on blogging

I was wondering for a while if I should post my thoughts about becoming a single mom on something as public as a blog. I think I will. Well, I am.  I am typing my very first blog - about something as enormously private as family planning. I have the feeling that I am not the only woman who finally decided to have a child on her own and that many, many more women are pondering the decision right now. Maybe this blog will encourage the one or other to take the plunge and do it.

I will back date a few posts because I think it is important to read every entry in chronological order. I have kept a journal and will post a few entries from earlier in the year.

Marusa Krese

Ich lege die Hand auf das Gras,

schloss die Augen

und starb.

Der Mond schien, die Sterne leuchteten.

So billig kommst du nicht davon,

fluesterte jemand hinter meinem Ruecken.

(Marusa Krese)

 

I rested the hand on the grass,

closed the eyes

and died.

The moon and stars, illuminated.

You won’t get away that easy,

whispered somebody behind my back.