Pass the potatoes, please

With both of my September births behind me, I feel a kind of relief, excitement, and a wave of something fresh in the air. The births were both beautiful, each in their own right. Both moms were strong and amazing, as each birthing woman is to me. I will forever be changed by these two little souls entering the world, as each before has changed me and each to follow will. I will not tell their stories here, because those stories do not belong to me to tell. But I am proud. And tired. :) But much more proud.

Birth always makes me think. Sometimes those thoughts are strange. But, hey, really strange thoughts are nothing new for me. These two births have made me realize something. I have gotten older. And with age, I have gotten wiser. Thank the beautiful Goddess I have finally gotten wiser. For the first time in a very long time I feel in control of myself and wise. I am fulfilled and content. Wow, imagine that.

Here's an analogy that came to me tonight that I'd like to share. People are like food. Some people are like the salad that is served before the meal. You pick at them for the pieces you like, the pieces that are good to you, and leave the rest. The salad doesn't ever fill you up, really it doesn't do anything at all for your hunger, and may even wind up only pissing you off.

Others are side dishes. They look pretty on your plate and usually even taste really good. But you are better off not having too much of them, or else you may not have room for the good stuff.

Then there's the people who are like dessert - amazingly tempting and wonderful in small quantities. You should always have dessert from time to time, by all means a little indulgence is a delicious thing, but too much can do you in.

Then...aaah then...there's the best part - the main course. The meat and potatoes to those of us Southerners. It fills you up, sustains you and gives you energy to continue until your next meal. These are the people that make life so wonderfully worth living.

It's nice to think I'm somebody's meat and potatoes.

To S & J, thank you for inviting me to share in such an amazing and intimate time in your lives. To Ezra & Wyatt, thank you for allowing me to welcome you the moment your souls entered this Earth. May your journey here be as worthwhile and fulfilling as you have helped mine to be.