Posted in Life as a MereMortal Mama on May 27, 2008 | 19 Comments »
The bustle of airports has always thrilled me. I notice the way the sunlight filters through the windows, illuminating the rolling bags and footsteps of travelers. Even the overpriced food and the shiny magazines are appealing. My husband and I used to watch the passengers of arriving flights come off the jet way and make [...]
Posted in Life as a MereMortal Mama, Mortal [Wannabe] Wisdom on May 11, 2008 | 14 Comments »
It boggles me sometimes. I just don’t know how she did it, managed it all alone without a pinch-hitter to reliever her, a sidekick to take over when she needed to slam a door behind her and bury her face in a pillow. Four snotty noses to wipe, four dirt-caked bodies to [...]
Posted in Mortal [Wannabe] Wisdom on May 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The urgent padding of bare feet down a hallway, around a week-old basket of laundry and randomly scattered toys. The lifting of a quietly sobbing three year old – mostly still in dream world – from bed to crib in one swift move. Staring at the LED lights of my alarm clock [...]
Posted in Birth: Lessons and Healing, tagged baby loss, birth on May 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
A year ago I lived in a gleaming shell. It was warm and cozy and protective there. I functioned in the realm which women planned, chanted, hypno’d, visualized, read up on, and lived and breathed their through peaceful, empowering, non-interventive birth experiences with good outcomes.
Occasionally, Birth would rear her mysterious and mythological head and the [...]
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