tendrils and taproots

I wait until dinner. So I can blame it on the onions. 

They talk about birth bringing out the mammal/animal/beast. I have heard women mention wolves, and tigers, and bears. Fierce and strong and ...

They say that with the milk come tears.  Baby was born 5 days ago. I roared her into the world in pain and water. At home. When we would...

My due date was yesterday. Come and gone and nothing is different today except the feeling that I'm getting further away from something ...

I t happens every year, but I managed to hold it back until just before dinner this time. The tears always come and I feel so petty and sel...

She is learning her strength and how to be a big sister. He is learning his capacity for compassion grows with practice. I am learning to s...

Apparently I needed to hear it.  Let go. You are not in control. Let yourself be carried a bit. There are strong arms here.