Challenge
What is it like?
Tell me what it's like to bring a child into the world (whether you have or not). I always hear (... it was the happiest day of my life.) I'm going to need more detail than that. Poem, short story, essay... whatever conveys best your experience or interpretation of the miracle of childbirth.
Giving Birth Is…
To die to your old life, old self, and be born again.
To go through all the stages of learning, while teaching them.
To find a part of yourself you didn’t know you could love, amongst all that self hate you‘ve been holding.
To not be able to fully regret, regardless of the pain, all the moments that brought you to this one.
The closest experience to the natural processes that were meant to be our natural way of being.
(If you embrace it) - pure bliss.