Contractions

Today we opened up some ominous looking envelopes with ominous looking letterhead and ominous sounding legalese. Regarding our house.

Though we've been doing really well just going with the flow, today the pit of my stomach felt heavy as the boys and I were walking around the neighborhood. I was worrying. Feeling a tad overwhelmed by unknowns and inevitable change.

But then the strangest thing comforted me.

Childbirth.

Childbirth? you say. Yep. Weird, but true.

I started thinking about labor pains and contractions. How when you tense up and fight them, it makes everything worse. But when you relax into them and let them do their thing, it's not so bad and you become more productive.

Change is being birthed in our life right now. We may not want it, but it's coming nevertheless. All the steps along the way are like labor pains. Necessary pain to get to the other side. If I just relax into the change, I think it won't be so bad.

Can labor management techniques really apply to the stress of life?

As I walked I tried to let go of the tension and relax into the idea of change. I pictured myself in that labor and deliver room. In a matter of minutes, I was happily searching the street for butterflies and squirrels, enjoying the company of my two giggly boys.