Making Things Better: What I Desire for My Daughters

As I reflect upon the birth of my children, some things were perfect, somethings were not.  My doctor was awesome!  What I lacked was a mentor.  Since having my children, I have found myself envious of  the mentorship and support that some of my friends have had for their pregnancies and birth of their children. I do not have sisters of my own, and by the time I had my first child my mother was not well.  I think I could have benefitted from 2 or 3 sisters and a healthy active mom.  I would describe my pregnancies as scientific rather than traditional.  I appreciate the traditions I learned about while researching Tibetan birth, and wish I had had some family tradition to take with me to the delivery room.  The Tibetans are cognizant of, and actually verbalize, through ritual, their hopes and dreams for the newborn child.  Seems like a great way to begin supporting a new life.   I think it would have been grounding and a great comfort to me to have had a similar experience, observing family members articulating their thoughts, wisdom, hopes, dreams, and commitment to the newest member of the family.  For that matter, my family could benefit from such intimate relations with one another at anytime.  I look forward to the time, when possibly, my girls have their own children.  God willing, I will be healthy and active as a mentor and great support to the needs of my daughters before, during and after giving birth to their own children.  I know too that as sisters, my girls will fulfill that role for each other as well.