new life

i had the amazing priviledge of attending a good friends birth today!!!  AMAZING!!!!   Watching the miracle of life coming into this world, what a gift from above....it was like heavens doors swung open and sent down a little angel...my friend, amanda, did it all natural...and she did it well.  i was blown away at her courage,and strength even up to the very end...she and her hubby welcomed daughter #3, still no name, but she is welcomed by two big sisters, and she is absolutely beautiful...we knew she would be.  how could we not acknowledge that God designed us so intricately...the fact that a woman can carry a life inside and then push it out...and there is another human being..it still blows my mind.  wow!  it was really awesome to be at the other end of things for a change... i never realized how much work it was...when you are in labor everything just seems to blur around you...it was definently a miracle to say the least.  anywho, life, what a precious thing it truly is... and new life...in every sense of the word is absolutely beautiful!