fourteen years ago...

at marian's birth,

missy was right there with me.

midwife linda, missy, midwife barbara {at the window}, emily

between us, we've birthed 5 babies,

but this was the only birth we both attended.

she arrived early,

just as i was having another contraction,

and my water broke the moment

she walked through my bedroom door.

she took amazing photos.

she held {and dropped} the mirror.

she smiled sweetly at me.

then, after marian was born,

she clanked around in my kitchen,

canning cherries.

♥