02/06/2026
“I lie awake
calculating the distance
from womb to the world.
It is such a short road to travel.
You are nearly here,
less than arm’s length away.
There is but the patient opening
of one long-awaited flower,
the quiet mechanics
of one perfectly crafted key
turning in the lock of my body
and moving through.
Blood and water ring of fire,
life and death and breath and rest.
I offer up my utter surrender
to the God who knit you together
in the secret of this womb.
It is such a short road to travel,
as I, my child, deliver you—
so God delivers me.”
Mackenzie Chester
A client painted this beautiful painting for us, and it stopped us in our tracks. Birth has a way of reminding us how thin the veil really is between holding and releasing, strength and surrender, heaven and earth.
We are grateful for the families who trust us with moments this sacred.❤️