Nature: Full Moons

Phase I: the moon.

I've written about full moons and mythology a bit before (http://mariedoucette.blogspot.com/2012/02/wolves.html), and still lunar cycles amaze us. My mother's cousin told me a friend went into labor right at the peak of the full moon, as did many women in her area. So busy were the delivery rooms that night that they had women lined up on gurneys in the hallway, because every room was already in use. That's how powerful it is upon our bodies. 

Phase II: the moon.

That mysterious lack of control over nature that women feel, right down to our bones, is also what connects us back to the source of us all as a part of Mother Nature. Enjoy whatever phase you're in, because there's one thing in life you can count on: it will change.

Call the Midwife

Watch Season 2 Preview on PBS. See more from Call the Midwife.

If you've never caught this show on PBS, give it a "go". It's about young midwives working at an abbey, run by the experienced nuns who minister to a poor London parish, set against a bombed out post-WWII backdrop. The period details are incredible, and even though you know you're going to get hit with that warm, fuzzy feeling at the end, just go with it. It's satisfying in all the right ways.