A New Life

So it's a Monday birthday, February 15, 2010--"Monday's child is full of grace." Gabriel James Grau was born early this morning at 4:15 a.m. after a seven hour labor. I was privileged to be present through the labor and delivery of my grandson--a gracious gift my daughter and son-in-law gave to me. It's a very different thing being the one doing the contractions and the pushing, versus being able to observe from the other end of things. I thought I might be overwhelmed, since I am usually not good with blood/hospital procedures, but it was awesome. I am incredibly proud of my daughter for her strength and calm perseverance, and was vividly reminded that giving birth is one of the hardest/best things that women do. Blessings to each of you who carries and births a child--with pain comes great reward. Isn't that life in a nutshell?