“This portion that I offer you is more than weight can bear. I take the bread knowing that your share consumed, retains a measure of the seed; the ritual of sustenance by blood. Sometimes I think your body holds the stem from which all lilies bloom. I gather you unto myself as though a surging hymn accompanied the rites. Here you grow, contained by innocence, insurgent, new.” (“Umbilical” by Hannah Kahn)
I found this poem somewhere and wrote it down a while ago while my sister was pregnant with her daughter. I think it a beautiful way to describe the life that grows inside a mother. I am not yet a one, but can imagine it is one of the life’s most precious bonds. I had the pleasure of getting to know and hanging out with soon-to-be parents Margaret and JD. I get to watch their little one grow this coming year and I am super excited! Here are a few of my favorites from our session…
Margaret and JD’s “first-born” children…love those doggies!
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