Saturday 29 October 2016

Perfect Time

Later today we celebrate AJ's second birthday. It will be awesome.

The past few hours though, I've been remembering the hours before 4:32am on October 29th: labour.

I listened to a lot of Moya Brennan. She helped me to be level and calm (as much as is possible). To be honest I can't recall a particular song I heard. But it was a very long labour, and I went through most of my playlist. "Perfect Time" was certainly one of the songs I listened to.  And I've been listening to it and thinking about the message lately, and how it really is still so appropriate for my life and all its questions and challenges.




Wishing you sweet dreams, and many dreams come true.

8 comments:

  1. Happy birthday AJ! I love remembering labor and birth. It's afterwards that is the hard part for me.

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    1. Thanks! It's too bad that you struggled with post-partum after your labour and birth went so well. That's the opposite of what one is led to believe will happen. My labour was not easy or ideal, but I remember it as an amazing experience. The only parts that were truly scary were when AJ's heartbeat would suddenly drop. Luckily that didn't happen much. It is a lot of work to give birth, but how many tasks in life come with such a reward. Hope your are enjoying the toddler months more than those difficult times after birth.

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  2. Happy birthday, AJ! There's that song-memory connection again... I'm glad the song holds comfort for you now, too, if in a different way than before. It's beautiful.

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    1. Thanks! A really good song is timeless. Moya Brennan is important to me in a lot of ways, preceding birth. It's nice to think about how that song has travelled with me and continues to have meaning.

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  3. Happy birthday AJ, and happy birth-day to you!

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    1. Thanks! I'm working on a two years post....

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