I shared this with a friend of mine who was pregnant around the same time as you--I shared a lot of your stories with her, under the nom de plume "beluga lady," because. . .at one point it was relevant, your beluga icon. To her, you're beluga lady. Well, to me, to her. I don't know that she's ever referenced "beluga lady." Anyway, I'm sharing this with her.

I think it's 100% true that children can inspire creativity--I think the problem comes in where someone decided that creativity and fun weren't compatible with responsibility in the Parenting Olympics. As if it's somehow responsible to raise unimaginative children.