Birthday pause and honouring your strength

I am officially 44 years old! :D

As of last night at 9:56pm Pacific Time, my physical body was brought into the air of this incredible world and I began my journey outside the womb.

Birthdays are days that make me see things differently and think of things in a very unusual way, since my Skye was born. 

I wonder about the journey from the cells, to growing in the womb and then coming out into the open air.
I ponder things like the what-ifs and how-comes of our existence.
And I deeply think about the parents.

Having given birth to another soul, I see how much that birth-day is for the mother and parents involved. It's almost more so a celebration of the survival and purely incredible feat of everyone that participated in that day.

In some families, the mother is a big part of the celebration and awareness for their children's birthdays. Both bodies worked so very hard, and many for a long time, to be together this way.

There are also the ones who don't stay in this world during the process and go back to heaven/spirit/the Source, whatever you may identify with. This always gives me pause.

Pause for the intensity.
Pause for the reasons.
Pause for the hearts who hurt.

More may have experienced this than the people who live around us realize. So birthdays can be a time for compassion and trauma-informed care that look more like an honouring ceremony than a cake-filled party.

My ramble today is meant to help you pause, notice what needs compassion in your life and bring more thought to how you spend your energy thinking. 

I want to honour you, as a parent.

It's not easy. No part of it screams piece-of-cake! Yet, there are so many miracles woven into your existence, how often do you stop to see them?

Days of birth are created with purpose and each of us has a job here. Whether we connect with that position early in life or find that role much later, we are here for the length of time we are supposed to be and teach all who we make contact with.

Whether you celebrate with your parents or with your immediate family, or you celebrate two birthdays (one actual and one corrected) with your child, bring your strength into the day and honour who you are. You are the gift we all need in this world that is ever changing. Just knowing you're here with me fills my heart with Love.

Thank you for being on this journey with me.
I hope you have a beautiful day!
Love always,
Leanne Rose