Turia Pitt opens up about motherhood in beautiful poem
She’s a motivational speaker, author, humanitarian and athlete, and now, Turia Pitt has a new role to add to the list: mother. Writing in her online newsletter, the 30-year-old has opened up about life with baby boy Hakavai Hoskin, who she welcomed into the world in December with fiancé Michael.
In a touching poem from the newsletter, the burns survivor wrote about her first few weeks as a mother and how a special song got her through the stress.
“You were screaming uncontrollably,” she begins. “I’d checked your nappy. Checked if you were too hot or too cold. Tried to feed you. Tried a dummy on you.
“I took you out onto the balcony and held you and we both looked at the black cockatoos and listened to the ocean.
“And I started to sing (badly) a Bob Marley song to you.”
Miraculously, that song (“Three Little Birds”) managed to calm both mum and bub down.
“So now, whenever I'm stressed, overwhelmed, anxious or just flustered as f**k, I pick you up, sing that song, breathe in your intoxicating scent and remind myself not to get too far ahead of right here, right now.”
On Instagram, Turia explained why she was so inspired to write the beautiful verse. “Whenever I get a few minutes, I’ve been jotting down some words about my experience as Hak’s mum so far. I don’t want to forget this time and writing has felt good.”
We wish all the best for this beautiful young family!
Image credit: Turia Pitt/Instagram.