Mama

Dear Annie Lennox,

These lyrics speak to how we are all born, regardless of our birth plan. We can re-birth ourselves and each other if we treat each other with kindness.

Thanks for making this song :)

Love, Mama

I was watching the woman that was walking down my street

Walking with grace, so beautifully, carefully

She's a big and pretty mother, big and pretty mother

Swinging her hand-bag back and forth so joyfully

She's drawing circles with her breasts in her jumper

Give me a big mother
Huge and loving one

I can crawl upon

And cling to

She's a large woman...

Warm and cuddly...

Wet lady...

Strong mother...

She's walking down the street in front of my window

Whistling funky tunes in the ears of my neighbours

Give me a big mother

One that will always want me

Hot, embracing mother

I can crawl upon

And cling to

Can't be safer, can't be more secure

Than with a breast in each palm

Than with a breast in each palm

That is the way that I was born

And that is the way that I want to die

Give me a big mother

Yes, a soft and wet one

That would caress me

In all those special places

Where's a strong mother

One that squeezes me

One that I can crawl upon

Happy Birthday Neve!

I know you know how much you were wanted and how very much you are loved.  The people in your life cannot help but adore you.  I think you are a light and a blessing to everyone.

Happy 2nd Birthday Baby!

Love,

Di Nan

Tread Softly...

We are Birthy's, Women, Mothers, Sisters, Students, Midwives, Daughters...

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As I move about my morning I worry.  Worry about my women and my children and their children and their children's children.  If you know me at all, you may describe me as one who speaks her mind... or you may just describe me as rammy... or clowny... or mothery... But at this amazing time in my life this is how I feel...  Birthy - May I be grateful to have that feeling and may my I be given the skills I need in order to allow many to land in my hands... softly.  As Birthy's, we are given to attend and honour women and their lovers as they attend to the birth of their own creations, The Baby

"You still pregnant?  Still waiting? Haven't you had that baby yet? You must be so uncomfortable... Why is it taking so long? Can't they induce you? Why are you still here? Please bring that baby out so we can see what she/he looks like"   Are not helpful ~ "You are amazing! You are beautiful! You are a gift! Can I get you anything? Do you feel like dancing? Let me run you a bath... You are a Goddess! Rest my darling! Let me clean the house :) I have made your favorite meal, would you like me to rub your feet while you eat?"  More like it  - When a woman is "due" we all want to help - to try to charm the little one out so we can all feel better.  I have seen enough to know that sometimes we just need to wait and rest and care for each other.  While we wait, we may take care of each other and our own and when we are truly needed, the call will come ~

This photo is of my youngest child a number of years ago on a trip to Drumheller to see the dinosaurs. Each of our kids has a knack for playing with words and Heather see’s things quite literally.

She loved her pink windmill and wondered quietly after just waking up from a sleepy car ride nap, “If flour is milled wheat, then what is milled wind?” I pretended not to hear and hoped she wouldn’t ask it out loud. I was still, at that time, the kind of Mom who really didn’t have the words “I don’t know” in my vocabulary.

Years later as I parent this fifth baby known lovingly as A Soft Landing, I find myself uttering “I don’t know” a whole lot more than ever. Not only do I not always know, but am in a constant state of wonder these days at the world around me. At 40, I’ve come to accept the reality of not always knowing. In fact I embrace it . . . except it doesn’t make me feel any less responsible for finding out.

You may have noticed a number of changes to our website lately. Other than the odd little bug, I am just enjoying the process so much. I wish I could say that the good changes you see account for the scaling back of hours between January and June and that I have just been the busy bee in hiding, building up the site. But, I’d only be fooling myself. Anyone who knows me will agree that I don’t have the attention span to learn all the ins and outs to the technical side of things.

While I’m teachable, I’m certainly not self-teachable. I need structure and good teachers in order to learn . . . all the more reason to sign up for a Distance Degree program in Utah, a mere 1689 km away from my homeland of Saskatoon.

Truth is that I’ve had some incredible luck lately, starting with meeting just the right people at just the right times. People who catch my vision quickly without too much fuss on my part. I like the fact that I don’t have to go on and on about my thoughts in order to make my point. This tells me that we may be on to something here.

My dreams for the birth community have been my dreams for a very long time.  As time has gone on and I’ve been blessed with four of my own births, resulting in four outstanding little human beans, the dream has been growing and changing . . . “gestating” if you will. The Re-birth of A Soft Landing has been such a joyful time, and I am very proud of the outcome.

Looking forward to your visit to the new landing!

Planting Seeds

Yesterday, we were pleased to attend "Seedy Saturday" hosted by CHEP and very well organized I was in awe. This community of ours is so rich with creative, talented people, we are very blessed.

So, today I planted my first seeds for spring. I'm not good enough at gardening to know if I'm on track or not but no harm in trying to grow your own food. I was inspired by the smell of dirt and plants not to mention the lunch cooking upstairs. (Thanks for that... best deal in town for fresh food cooked with care).

There seems to be a very quick melt going on outside and I wouldn't be surprised if winter didn't come back. But just in case there is one more snow storm out there resulting in another baby boom in 9-10 months, we will be here ready to support you as you welcome your first, second, third or ? new life into the family.

Peace