the day you were born

i can remember it was around this time that i began drawing this picture,
3 years ago in my dad's office.
unbeknownst to me that i would greeting you for the first time later that day.
i came home and started to feel contractions or "rushes" as they are more humanely called these days
lol...
i had initially planned on doing the natural childbirth but when faced with the decision, i changed my mind and got the epidural
its funny because i remember being really disappointed in myself at the time for caving.
i wanted my spiritual experience dammit!
in hindsight i look back and have a little laugh with myself
i was about to give birth to the most wonderful thing in my life and i was troubled over semantics?
go figure... us humans really know how to complicate things. lol

anyways, flash forward 3 years and today is my daughter nova's birthday. im sitting here reflecting on just how divine life's plan can be.
things that scare us initially or push our boundaries are something we seem inherently resistant to
but as im continuously taught they are the things that give our life meaning.
in the words of fiona apple "here's coming a better version of me..."

thanks to my daughter for helping me see life through a child's eyes... i forgot how to do that. lol here's to super nova!!