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“Aldea”

Occasion:	Cuisine:	Area:	Cost:	Rating:
Night Out	Mediterranean	Flatiron	Moderate	Great

houghts raced around my brain, and then I was angry at myself for not being able to let go and enjoy my night out. Here was I was sitting with my friends, listening to them, trying to be present and have a fun carefree evening, and my mind was not there. I was a mental mess.

On the subway home, I came to a conclusion. (Who knew the F train could be a source of therapeutic thought?) Here’s what I came up with. I think the hardest part of this all—aside from the sleep deprivation which is tantamount at times to torture—has been to accept that I am not who I was two months ago. I can’t roll back time and somehow peel off motherhood and return to who I was. And at 40 years old, that’s hard to deal with. Really hard. But I think the only way to embrace this new chapter is to stop trying to keep things the same.

While I haven’t quite mastered the acceptance of my new self, I’ve been feeling better since that dinner, feeling like I will come out feeling the abundant joys of motherhood minus the sadness of losing my old life. I know that there will be a way to have a new life that incorporates parts of the old life. I know that this new life will hold just as many joys (if not more) as my old one if I let it happen. And it will happen. Emily will grow and so will I. So for now, I am here, taking it day by day, saying goodbye to an old friend but finding a precious new one in the eyes of my daughter. 

Aldea is located at 31 West 17th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, 212.675.7223.

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Posted: July 12, 2009

Other restaurants in Flatiron :
+ Suenos   + Amuse-- Closed   + Dos Caminos   + Lucy-- Closed   + Gramercy Taver   + Veritas   + Fleur De Sel   + Bolo -- CLosed   + City Bakery   + Shake Shack   + Kalustyan's Cafe   + Devi   + BLT Fish   + Sugarcane   + BLT Prime   + Barca 18-- CLOSED   + Beppe   + Barbounia   + Boqueria   + Eleven Madison   + Lonesome Dove-- CLOSED   + Hill Country   + Olana   + Wildwood   + Primehouse   + Allegretti   + Bar Breton   + Aldea   + SD26 by Bao Ong   + ABC Kitchen   + Ciano   + The NoMad   

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