2022 Wrapped: Birthing is a Blessing Gratitude List
As the year 2022 comes to a close, it’s time to make a pause amidst the busyness of preparing for Christmas. We just ended our last group class for the year. With one more birthing Mom to wait for, I am privileged to have this time and space to just be still and ponder on the year that was.
1. I am grateful for my husband Manny, my team mate in all things, my co-parent, co-mentor and my personal doula in all my births, for his abiding love and care for me.
2. I am grateful for each of my children.
They are my source of joy and inspiration, for their love and support in all that we do in this advocacy.
3. I am grateful to God for His guiding presence in our life as a family.
This year had so many victories and struggles in between. And yet, it has been a year of growth and blossoming for each of us.
4. I am grateful for the families I have been privileged to support for their births and postpartum.
Thank you for allowing me to witness courage, love, faith and perseverance in powerful moments of labor and birth and your early days as new parents.
5. I am grateful for my fellow birth keepers, who remind me to just keep going, in spite of the challenges in our life, work and advocacy for families.
You are a safe space to share the joys and challenges of serving families entrusted to our care. I just love how we can be a village of support to each other.
6. I am grateful for the in-person and virtual classes!
We thank God for leading us to the venues where we can hold our classes, for both private and public classes. It was a privilege to encounter expectant parents who are so eager to learn and open to the process of our classes. We love the moments of deep sharing,learning, breathing and exercising together. We felt your determination in doing everything that it takes to be prepared in meeting your baby.
7. I am grateful for being blessed with new mentors for this year.
We at Birthing is a Blessing team, continuing to be open to learning new ways to work effectively as a team, at the same time, striving for wholeness and wellness for each one, to be able to fulfill our mission of healing and transforming the world, one birth at a time.
Thank you for your trust. We look forward to another fruitful 2023!