Comments on: Her Hands http://cognosco.blogsome.com/2007/11/15/her-hands/ Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:11:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: marybeth http://cognosco.blogsome.com/2007/11/15/her-hands/#comment-75 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:30:26 +0000 http://cognosco.blogsome.com/2007/11/15/her-hands/#comment-75 M's hands and her trust in "her" women ARE truly all she needs. i remember at Sula's birth i asked her to check me. we both thought i was half-way there. she had just 'stopped' by to see me as she was driving past my area when we called her. her assistants weren't there with her 'kit' yet. when she checked me i was much farther along (still never asked how dilated but i think almost there). of course all was smooth, her kit came about 1/2 hour before Sula came and nothing in it was needed. afterward, she told me in only the way M can (not her exact words but imagine): ya know, i really wanted my kit there but then i listened to my heart and i knew i had everything i needed for Sula's birth: my hands." love. m M’s hands and her trust in “her” women ARE truly all she needs. i remember at Sula’s birth i asked her to check me. we both thought i was half-way there. she had just ’stopped’ by to see me as she was driving past my area when we called her. her assistants weren’t there with her ‘kit’ yet. when she checked me i was much farther along (still never asked how dilated but i think almost there). of course all was smooth, her kit came about 1/2 hour before Sula came and nothing in it was needed.

afterward, she told me in only the way M can (not her exact words but imagine): ya know, i really wanted my kit there but then i listened to my heart and i knew i had everything i needed for Sula’s birth: my hands.”

love.
m

]]> by: Leigh http://cognosco.blogsome.com/2007/11/15/her-hands/#comment-74 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:19:11 +0000 http://cognosco.blogsome.com/2007/11/15/her-hands/#comment-74 So, so beautiful. And the "NTU" cradle sign story had me LMAO! I'm gonna have her do that next time I see her. So, so beautiful.
And the “NTU” cradle sign story had me LMAO! I’m gonna have her do that next time I see her.

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