Revelation & Affirmation

When a woman is in transition...the hardest part of labor...you can not ask her about what will happen tomorrow or the next day, or even five minutes from where she is right then. She can not hear you. She can not think of anything other than what is happening for her right then, in that moment, with that breath. When we are with laboring women, we recognize and remember this. We do not ask her to make important decisions, because there is a great possibility that her ability to do so is altered. We are patient, and forgiving, and encouraging, even when she swears (and truly believes) she can not do it.

I am taking this moment to fully acknowledge that I am in transition. I am putting it down on paper that I am in no condition to make major decisions, and therefore am giving myself the next 4 weeks to suspend such responsibility. I am making the commitment to be kind, patient, forgiving and encouraging to myself.

Where I am does not define who I am.
I am me, regardless of who I could be, should be, am wanted to be, or am thought to be.
I am loved, if by nobody but my mama and me.
And that is enough.