My first market appointment since having Bebe Bird 3 years ago
"Life can change in an instant" my meditation teacher once said four years ago when explaining the benefits of meditating. I have witnessed and have been a part of many swift changes to find such a statement both comforting and terrifying.
On Tuesday evening I got a text reading-"Where are you? Any chance you can work on this ad campaign with me and my team for a few days starting tomorrow?" It was my my old boss, W's former fashion director. I always loved working with her. I loved the pace, her inspiration, the last minute requests, the challenge. And I like her. She is interesting, talented & demanding. She has a kind heart and is brilliant at her craft.
With slight hesitation (am I ready for this, Is Bebe Bird?) I carpe diemed the moment and took the opportunity to enter back into a world I had exited three years ago. And bebe bird was ready. His village in place: Papa is home. He has incredible babysitters, amazing aunts & uncles and a nurturing teachers all ready, willing and able to help him spread his wings while I go off to spread mine.
It's been brilliant. As if no time had passed. There's been breathtaking fine jewelry, car services, dressing up & morning coffees. There's been market appointments & requests made. There's been boards created & meetings had. There's been call times & shoot dates & armed guards. There's been chaos and time passing so quickly making a New York minute appear as if it's standing still.
It's been stressful: Being away from Bebe Bird for such a long stretch of time for the first time lended for many heart breaking moments durning my first full day. There's been the organizing of our families schedule & care givers. There's been cleaning up after a long day & saying good bye to my sweet boy as bold salty tears trickled down his rose colored cheeks-his teacher hugging me and encouraging me to go ahead...There's been chaos and time passing so quickly making a New York minute appear as if it's standing still.
Bebe Bird and his Auntie Crys-Superheros of the world
While I was away on market appointments and handling the logistics of the fine jewelry for an upcoming ad campaign, Bebe Bird played superhero's with his Auntie Crys and spent an afternoon telling her "I wuv you" & "I wike your big eyes." He traded in his nap time for show and tell-sharing with her all of his new goodies from Santa & his birthday, He sought excitement with his cousin Nina Bird while playing playdough and dreaming up wild adventures. And he and Papa had their special moments together reading new stories, doing puzzles and watching movies...
After my third day working & in the car service on my way home late Friday night, I wondered if I've gone mad. I laugh at how quickly things can change...but not. I laugh at how one day I'm bathing my baby boy, getting him ready for bed and the very next day it's as if I've tumbled down the rabbit hole into the wonderland of the fashion world. As Pema Chodron once wrote "Life is a good teacher and a good friend. Things are always in transition, if we could only realize it." And, with all the changes recently happening in our lives we are constantly reminded to stop & realize it.
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