Miracle And Marvel

Today is my youngest’s birthday. Every year as my kids pass these milestones, I think back to the miracle of their arrival and marvel.

This milestone is no different, but today, I am struck with a bit more awe as I contemplate his arrival. Eleven years ago, after spending about 20 hours in labor at home...as I was attempting my third home birth, my midwife suggested it was time to go to the hospital, she said his head was coming in sideways and there was just no hope of making progress.

I was honestly devastated, crying and exhausted, we made our way to the hospital, afraid, feeling totally off my path and way out of sorts, I was greeted by doctors and staff that thought I was crazy for having attempted home birth in the first place.  This attitude culminated by a doctor walking out on me after I rejected a dose of Pitocin saying I could sit and wait a few hours until the next doctor on staff could see me.

This went like this for hours until I finally suggested they break my water to see if that eased the process...the doctor at the time relented, as soon as the water broke, he looked up, said, there is meconium here, you need a c section.  My doctor mind started reeling, meconium means the potential he had inhaled it, that could mean lack of oxygen, that could mean any number of neurological deficits...it went like that on and on for me.

As I was wheeled into the OR, contractions coming, strong and hard, I just kept thinking, it is going to be okay.  They set me up with the epidural and laid me down.  Now, having everything in my body finally go quiet, overcome with exhaustion and stress, I immediately started to fall asleep.

Next thing I know, my son is, alert, awake, peaceful, and alive was being raised out of me...the doctors making a quip about the size of him.

It was this moment that stayed with me today as I sat in gratitude for my child, this moment of wow...how many ancestors, how many spirits, how many watchers were taking care of that kid?  And I tear up still writing that now. It made me think about all the unseen help in our lives, the intercessions which alleviate our pain, keep us from harm, guide our existence. I think about the miracles on that day...the midwife having the skill to see exactly how he was positioned...he was stuck with his head sideways, the fact that I asked when I did for the water to be broken, the fact that he had the cord around his neck twice and couldn’t have descended anyway...and that some wisdom positioned him so that he couldn’t even try.

The unseen is such a big part of our healing...getting guided to the right moment, where what we most needed to hear could present to us, asking for help and then reading a post or seeing a video that is just what we needed, being in line behind someone who has information we desperately need…it goes on and on…and it happens to us every day.

Some dismiss this as happenstance, luck, random occurrences, but why should we?  Think about it, we live in a miracle, this body, this world, this universe, all are miracles, made by a force which put us here to prosper, to thrive.  Why then wouldn’t that force seek ways to help us do just that?

How many times have you heard people proclaim that the perfect help arrived just when they needed it?  But how many times have you also watched people derail their lives over and over, never growing an awareness to the multitude of times help was offered but never taken?

Where are you in your own journey? What help do you need? Has that help been offered to you?  Have you noticed?  Have you rejected it?   Have you seized it?

What would it mean in your life to open to what is possible? What if you took the “signs” and “luck” and “omens” to mean more than chance, what if you understood it was time to say YES!!!!

I am saying YES today for the so many times the perfect help was there for me and just how awesome that has been in my life.  I am saying YES today for my health and seizing the tools and knowledge available to me, I am saying YES today based on my certainty that when I act, the entire universe colludes to ensure if I am serious, if I am committed, if I am honorable, then not only will I succeed, but I can craft the life of my dreams and inspire others to do the same.

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