Welcome Anders…you are loved and lovable.

Several years ago, in my Confident Birthing Classes, I started to hand out Brene Brown’s Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto as a parting gift to the parents in my classes.  One of these couples, Lisa and Tyler, happened to also be my doula clients.  I was blessed to attend the birth of their daughter Lilli in 2015 and was doubly honored to attend them again when they asked me to be their doula for the birth of their son, Anders this June.

It was during our prenatal appointments for the upcoming birth that Lisa reminded me she had been reading the Wholehearted Parenting Manifesto to Lilli every night since the day she was born.   I was so moved by this and asked her if she would be willing to record a bit of it one evening.   Below is a video montage of photos I took of the family just a few days before the birth of Lilli’s baby brother, set to the audio of Lilli reciting the manifesto with her mom.

“Rest and play will be family VALUES as well as family practices.”
Welcome Anders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lilli recited the manifesto to Anders on his first night home.