Just Another Day

Today is one of those days: a day busy with appointments, a night long with labour, and a morning filled with baby footprints and fresh biscuits.  It's a day of loss. A day of death. A day of beginnings. A day of life. A day of healing.
For one mother, the loss is that of the freedom that comes before children. For another, it is that of her yet-unborn child. For the other it is the sacrifice of a job and a lifestyle for the return blessing of a growing  family. For one, it is just the beginning of the process of pain and grief. For another, it is the rejoicing of new life, and the healing of old wounds.
And for me, it's just one more day in the life of a midwife.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another.

~Romans 12:16-17