If I could start a new tradition on Christmas Day it would be to gather people to share birth stories. Real births. Spiritual births. Painful births. Easy births. Long births. Births in the water. Births at home. Birth, birth, birth.
For each time I hear a woman tell the story of the birth of her child, I hear her tell the story of the birth of her soul. All birth stories are holy stories. Although they each hold slightly different plots, they remain mysteriously universal.
There is no veil between heaven and earth, between this world and the spiritual one, when we remember birth.
I won't be surrounded by other women today, but I will be with my children, just the people I need to remember....
Peace,
Nicki
I love this idea! And I am enjoying this series of yours immensely.
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