Gentle Choices
Birthing gently. Does that sound a bit like an oxymoron? Right up there with 'birthing from within'--which makes my husband ask, where else would someone birth from? But gentle birth. It makes me think of choices we make to love and protect our babies right from the very start. We choose to eat well, to rest enough, to exercise some and to prepare our hearts and minds for this new individual who is joining our family. We have some time to get used to the idea- usually about 7 1/2 months or so. Right now, I am reading a book called Gentle Birth, Gentle Mother discussing the choices that take us to the place of being ready for our new baby. I just finished Birth Matters by the amazing Ina May Gaskin. These are putting a renewed sense of purpose into my heart, giving me some direction and understanding into this mysterious birth world I find myself in. With the understanding I am finding, I am also wondering how I can change understanding into wisdom. Wisdom is, for me, that very ability to turn what is understood into what is practiced. I want that, I want this to become the very fibre of me, part of my tapestry.
What joy in witnessing the very miracle of life, the mystery of two becoming three, a family. I am thinking a long ways back to the time when this was my own journey, the time when I walked through the doors from maidenhood to motherhood. I had no idea where that journey would take me, how it would indeed impact my life! Back when I was stumbling my way through the first steps of motherhood--all those firsts--I was happy to think I might have done just one thing right! I trusted instincts, trusted what I had learned from women in my family and others I trusted, turning to the Word for direction as I walked through those paths. I am not finished with those pathways at all, but I think I may be on some higher ground now, with an opportunity to see where I have come from and possibly where I am going. I purposed along the way to choose well, to make each decision count, to have a reason for my answers. I may not have done everything right, but I sure can give reason for why I did choose it!
So, on this day, in this journey, I delight in my children. I delight in choices made, delight in the next generation that is just beginning. I like to think the next generation is the fruit from our choices now and I hope that we will be able to enjoy some good fruit! I am so grateful for my family!
What joy in witnessing the very miracle of life, the mystery of two becoming three, a family. I am thinking a long ways back to the time when this was my own journey, the time when I walked through the doors from maidenhood to motherhood. I had no idea where that journey would take me, how it would indeed impact my life! Back when I was stumbling my way through the first steps of motherhood--all those firsts--I was happy to think I might have done just one thing right! I trusted instincts, trusted what I had learned from women in my family and others I trusted, turning to the Word for direction as I walked through those paths. I am not finished with those pathways at all, but I think I may be on some higher ground now, with an opportunity to see where I have come from and possibly where I am going. I purposed along the way to choose well, to make each decision count, to have a reason for my answers. I may not have done everything right, but I sure can give reason for why I did choose it!
So, on this day, in this journey, I delight in my children. I delight in choices made, delight in the next generation that is just beginning. I like to think the next generation is the fruit from our choices now and I hope that we will be able to enjoy some good fruit! I am so grateful for my family!
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