Friday, April 23, 2010

Birth

The bud is on the bough again,
The leaf is on the tree.
~Charles Jeffreys, 1807-1865, The Meeting of Spring and Summer
Spring, when from the Earth, life bursts forth anew, calls to mind other births I have witnessed.  I remember as a young child, watching, enthralled, as my neighbor's collie gave birth to her puppies.  Later I watched my cats have kittens.  This always seemed such a miracle--new young lives, soft and fluffy, emerging from within an already existing being.
Much later, I witnessed the birth of a friend's child.   And there were my own two children, if witnessing is what you can call what I did.
Being pregnant with my firstborn, a son, was an amazing experience as I felt the life within me stir.  The time of his birth remains a special number to us. 
My daughter was born at home with 2 midwives, an experience over which we still marvel.

This post is for the etsybloggers' street team carnival which asks us to tell of a memorable birthday.  This carnival will be posted on Monday, April 26 on Joey and Aleethea's blog.
Happy Birthday, Sandra!

12 comments:

  1. Those "birth" days are just so special! And they create "special" people--our children! Yay!!!!

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  2. Lovely post Margaret! I've never witnessed a birth in real life but would imagine it's magical.

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  3. Lovely post and beautiful memories.
    This lily is the perfect flower for these words.

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  4. such a thoughtful post! so lovely!

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  5. Birth is such an amazing totally overwhelming thing for me! It all still just baffles my mind! Can you tell I don't have kids...LOL!
    Beautiful photo :)

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  6. Beautiful memories, lovely flower and beautiful macro.

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  7. Those memories are the best you could possibly have!

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  8. What a nice post! I don't have children, but I took care of a friend's child while she was having a home birth, so I got to see her new baby directly afterward (she also had me go to the birthing classes, so I saw lots of movies!)

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  9. What a beautiful Flower to go with your beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing. Take care.

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  10. There is no birthday that rivals those of our own children, is there? I love looking back on those, even while bemoaning how quickly the years have past since then!

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