Joyboy's first birthday started today at 3:30am with a friend in labor who dropped off her sleepy three year old for us to watch over while her new sister was being brought into the world.
So much of the bright sun today brought me back to the beauty of last year's birth of my son. From the birds of prey overhead as we drove, the fear and tears and the holding love from my man, my literal catching of my son in my own hands in water, and lastly- the most amazing sibling love and growth of a family in spring time that I could ever be blessed to imagine.
I think all of the energy created in the women's circle I lead last night on mothering must have manifested into life's yearning for itself, for the newest little one to join our circle of friends is here (a few more coming soon). 
This one is for I.H. who now shares a lovely birthday with joyboy- not quite mother's day baby like he was, but 'a mother's day' nonetheless.
Song fo Bringing a Child into the World
You day-sun, circling around,
You daylight, circling around,
You night-sun, circling around,
You poor body, circling around,
You wrinkled age, circling around,
You spotted gray, circling around,
You wrinkled skin, circling around.
Anonymous
Seminole, USA
Going now to rest my spinnin' and exhausted head next to my amazingly sweet one year old talkin' joyboyna .
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