I express deep gratitude to the mother who said yes to birthing me into this world—a world of beauty, challenges, pain, love expressed, with opportunities to give, develop this soul, give of self.
Beauty not found in perfection in her or me, but beauty in the raw truth of living. The opportunity to walk this earth, breathe this air, touch another human, feel the depth of pain expressed in tears, learn to keep going when all seems lost.
I look at mother robin who created her fragile nest atop our trellis against the east facing wall and see determination, duty, purpose, and faith as she watches the rise of sun in each day, protects her eggs, and waits for life to unfold.
In beauty it is so. Joyous good wishes to all mothers in this day and always.
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
-Pablo Picasso
“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers…strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.”
-Barbara Katz Rothman
“Birth is an experience that demonstrates that life is not merely function and utility, but form and beauty.”
-Christopher Largen
Janis Dehler 