Chloe Update
Well, we're back at home and Chloe's doing great so far. She's eating and sleeping well - at least enough sleep at night that I'm not turning into my tired butthead self.

I've had the thought before about birth being a messy process, but it's also very fragile. Chloe is so small and helpless. Her survival is dependent on getting regular feedings and lots of sleep. Really, not much more is important right now. Likewise, birth in the kingdom is a messy, fragile process. There are no guarantees other than God's promise to be our Father and provide the nourishment we need to grow. There is a raw simplicity to this early life in the kingdom. Nothing but eat, sleep, poop...eat, sleep, poop. But in that most basic of rhythms there is a foundation of life being laid that will in large part determine what kind of life will be added later.

...note to self...consider what the care of souls who are being born into the kingdom should look like...what is our job as 'midwives'...what are the essentials during the first few days in the hospital...how do we work out introducing the new ones to the rest of the family...