At the gestation station
Leaning on a mansion’s stanchion
Musing on divinity’s infinity
I whispered to my two-weeks-late mate
That our child’s head had crowned
And she unfrowned.
Fully Formed
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I am a disbeliever in miracles, though I have some sympathy for my late, great friend Karen W’s Course in Miracles definition of a Miracle as “a change in perception.” But Childbirth does seem miraculous, and holy, to me. It is an essence of hope. It is that fabled Death-Defying Act
That said, if a potential parent doesn’t want to have children, case closed as far as I’m concerned: they absolutely ought not to have children. There should be zero pressure from relatives, and especially there should be zero pressure from significant others, for someone who doesn’t want children to have them anyway. And Contraception ought to be vigorously employed in such cases. The “be fruitful and multiply” edict was initiated when the world population was far fewer than one billion. The more billions we add, the more overall quality of human life goes down.
Sorry about the preaching. May all the childbirths in your life be cause for joyous celebration!
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Laugh, SARAH, Laugh (to Suzy C)
I have a friend now named Suzy Jacobson Cherry. When I met her she was Suzy Jacobson. Here she is with her man.
Today I got an invitation from Suzy to participate in an “Invitation to Take Part in a Collaborative Art Project.” Here are the details:
Below you will find scriptures that describe the life of a character named Sarah. Please read it with literary/artistic eyes. Think about the things that affected her, and consider what kind of person she is. The drawing below is by my friend Cecilia O’Brien. This is her rendition of Sarah. Study this drawing, and put together an idea of who Sarah is and what she might be like, what her concerns might be, how she might feel about the things that happen to her and the choices she makes in the story. Think of her in terms of this ancient past AND today’s world. THEN, in the comments below, share words and phrases that describe her and/or her world. Share thoughts of current events in relation to this woman, if anything comes to mind. This is an artistic endeavor, faith tradition should not come into play. If you choose to take part, have fun and thank you for helping out with this!
And here is what I did:
What struck me in the story: Sarah (then named Sarai, but that’s another story) was thought to be barren, i.e. unable to have children. She sends her man, Abraham, to conceive a child with the slave girl Hagar. (Sidebar for American comic strip readers: the Horrible? One wonders…) Years pass, Abraham is about 100 years old and Sarah 90, and the Lord God decides it’s time for Sarah to have a baby of her own. “So Sarah laughed to herself, saying, ‘After I have grown old, and my husband is old, shall I have pleasure?'” Yes, you shall, dear old Sarah, if it be His will.
Here are the words to my triple acrostic “Laugh, Sarah, Laugh”:
Lady pushing 90-plus is laughing fit to howl
As she cuddles ISAAC she just bore–yes, life’s a luau
Unto her nonageneric self–a CHILD!! HA
Gosh, and when much younger she was BARREN as a log
HEY–can’t spell Jehovah without ending with an Ah
LORD, I hope Suzy likes this!
One with Clay, Image and Text 