Originally uploaded by megalonychidae.
I love the reality of this photo; sometimes our mother-bodies are shaped by things well beyond our control – complications, preeclampsia, health risks… It’s amazing the things our bodies can survive. In some cases, the marks are left for life, like the rings of a tree. We can look at the scars on our bodies and they tell our biographies for us.
Self Portrait Challenge: Birth
Originally uploaded by mama k.
When I first saw this photo, I fell in love with it and knew that whenever I got around to starting a Photo of the Week from our Flickr Group this would be one of them. (I’ve technically blogged one other photo from the group before without giving it the title, by the way.)
Anyway, I’m going to try to choose a new photo each Monday to post on the blog.
The woman to whom this photo belongs blogged about it back in May. It’s a beautiful entry, and I highly recommend it.