This morning I read an article about death doulas. I had it open on my computer for days before I actually read the article. The idea seemed a bit macabre. Although, I have helped families when their baby was born still. I have taken a Still Birth Day Workshop and plan to take the full 8 week course in January 2016, but seeing those words was a bit off putting.
However, once I read the whole article, it all made sense and resonates so well with me. Just as I wait on the transformation of pregnancy and life earthside (birth), I can also support and love in the transition from life to eternal life (death) in the prenatal and perinatal times.
I am forever grateful for the close friends, and Hospice volunteers, who sat with us as Ledya, at 6 years old, made her journey from life on earth to life eternal.
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