スヴィ・コポーネンさんのインスタグラム写真 - (スヴィ・コポーネンInstagram)「Transition- the part of labor you must inevitably face alone no matter how amazing of a birth team you have surrounded yourself with. When you leave behind the part of you that says “I can’t” and cross over the bridge into a place within you that you were not aware existed until now, a place of unimaginable strength and willpower. Lulu was ready and I told her I was sorry but I needed a bit more time. She understood and waited until I was willing to let go of the fear and doubt. When she came out, I cuddled her into my chest, apologized one more time for making her wait and thanked her for being patient with me. Then I sang her the lullaby she had been listening to me sing to her big sisters every night over the past nine months, only this time she got to hear it outside of the womb, before we stepped out of the shower and I carried her into our new life as a family of five. It seems as though America is currently going through Transition as well- we must leave behind a place that we have gotten comfortable in, where things are “better than they used to be” but nowhere near as good as they should be. We must cross over the bridge into that uncomfortable, painful place where we acknowledge that we have enabled this for a long time and are partly to blame. I have faith that we will eventually step out of this shower as well, born anew -cleansed and United.」6月1日 6時43分