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Birthing Stories
The moment of birth means different things to different people, but the monologues below share one universal realization: that we have all gone through this magic journey.

“I met my husband Marty in a psychiatric ward.”
Mayda

“Even though he wasn't with me right after his birth, he knew me.”
Michelle Vest, Benefit for Many Mothers, Santa Fe, 2007.

“We both undressed ourselves in silence.”
Joy, Benefit for Many Mothers, Santa Fe, 2007.

“I was sixteen when my father died. It is my mantra.”
Melissa J White, Benefit for Many Mothers, Santa Fe, 2007.

“I wasn't really born until I gave birth to my daughter, Isabel.”
Lucia