I was so excited for the growth God had in store for this sister and her amazing family and I knew in a heartbeat I was called to help them make this camper their home for the journey.
A Hope-filled Home Birth Story
If we are open to it, creating and welcoming a new life can be a deeply healing and transformative journey.
I share my births here not only to record it for our children and to celebrate the faithfulness of God, but to impart hope to those who are uncertain if a “pain-free” and peaceful, spiritual birth is possible. I believe it is… honestly for me takes a good bit of intentionality and preparation, but thanks be to God, we welcomed our sixth baby just weeks ago, through a beautiful day time home birth.
Blue Flower- thoughts on the longing in loss
The pain has always been too raw, and inner the resistance too strong and the quiet space too limited to record the details. I have no self-judgment on that. Only great compassion for a grief-stricken mother. I’m offering her a long tight hug and a stronger hand to squeeze. There were moments that seemed suffocating and totally unbearable. But we did bear them, dear girl. So many turned up rearview mirrors so the other children didn’t have to be concerned about the red eyes and waterfalls of tears. The solo country drive sobs. I’m proud of us for surviving this.
the womb of midwifery
After this final appointment, I feel so grateful for the care and am noticing I’m somewhat sad that my monthly “retreat” out alone, bonding time with baby, “just me” care time built in, in a space curated so lovingly for a woman’s heart… is coming to another end. It’s almost as if we pregnant mothers are in the womb of midwifery for our own gestation. But alas, birth always always comes!
Entering Autumn
The absolutely scorched state of our garden and house mirrors how depleted I feel in my body after this Summer Season… Though the sense of total tiredness or burn out of the season seems more salient, I can still choose to see and smile with gratitude and remembrance.
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