Their was no doctors no pills no creams no beeping machines..
Just wise women who had to trust in their bodies....
These women gathered and held up the birthing mother as if she was a queen,they mopped her brow and held her hand and supported her through the pains..They felt her fears and comforted her,they heard her pains and soothed her,they shared in her joy and celebrated her.
These women shared the burdens and joys of motherhood..
They raised there children together,they shared load,they were a true community.
I long for a time where women hold up women and we all celebrate in each other joys,weep in each others sorrows,support each other when were low and rejoice in the highs.
Life these days sometimes for me feel like a giant competition. Instead of supporting each other to achieve and to cope with the demands, it sometimes feels like fighting to be first in everything...to have the best birth....be the best mother..be the strongest...look the best...feed the best food...work the hardest...
Instead of respecting all our differences,judgement seems to creep in...
....ladies....what happened to GIRL POWER!:)
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