Divinity

I have been amazed as each of my children have been born, at the intensity of feelings that come upon me. As each little one has slipped out and been brought to my arms a feeling of love and joy fills me. I feel as if I am standing in the presence of something very sacred. It is the beginning of life, of hope, of renewal.

I still feel that way sometimes as I watch my children. I often joke with others about the difficulties of motherhood, but the truth is....my children truly hold something holy and divine within them. I forget that sometimes, but it is good to remember. It is good to remember those first few moments that you see your new baby alive and pure. Then as they grow, to remember the laughs and smiles, the "I love you"s and calm sweet face of a sleeping child. It is in those moments that we too, as mothers, can touch divinity and perhaps stretch ourselves to be worthy to enter that space.