Today I am wearing purple. It's St. Patrick's Day and I usually wear green, but today was Bamberlamb's funeral and she loved purple. I've been thinking about her all day. My life is so much better because I got to know her just a tiny bit.
Bamberlamb wrote the blog called It's Inconceivable where I learned so much. I got to be on several different zoom calls with her too, and she was even funnier and feistier "in person" than she was in writing. She lived life out loud. She was unapologetic, and she knew how to have fun.
Bamberlamb was childless not by choice and she wrote very honestly about her experiences.
She taught me that I'm not alone. At a time when I felt all alone, long before I realized how common the loneliness and isolation of infertility can be, I had her blog to read.
She taught me to invest in worthy relationships. Not all relationships are worthy, but the ones that are, are definitely worth investing in.
She taught me to think ahead about aging. She had so many good ideas and plans in place.
Most importantly, she taught me to do what I want. She explicitly told me that if there is an activity that I enjoy that is separate from all of the family/kid-centered stuff in society to go out and do that. And to do it a lot! I'm always saying that we deserve to enjoy our lives, and I learned it from Bamberlamb.
What an incredible woman. We are all better for her existence.
May she rest in peace, power, and irreverent profanity!
Oh, that picture is perfect!
ReplyDelete(Except I clicked the link, and it's titled "Granny riding a motorbike. Oh dear.)
This is a lovely tribute to bamberlamb.