Where you are, you shine from your corner…
Those were the words that Karen and Nomvula sang to us at the beginning and at the closing of The Cape Town Midwifery and Birth Conference.
And so true.
As we work away, feeling often so alone, in our little corners. Working with mothers and babies and tears and loss and birth and life and everything. It is so good to be reminded that actually we are not alone. That there are many of us who feel the same way who are doing the same work, believing the same things, in our little corner.
Wow…
Like an amazing birth, I think I still need to process everything that took place this last weekend.
Powerful.
I look forward to seeing the photos and reliving the talks through the footage we filmed.
By Saturday night my face felt quite parched from all the tears I had shed. Each story shared so beautiful and courages and vulnerable and real.
Thank you to everyone who came and shared and was there and held space.
The people who came in buses and planes and cars from all over the country to be at this gathering of tribes.
Thank you.
And don’t forget:
Where you are, you shine from your corner…
