COMING AND GOING

Throughout his life my husband worked with many new chemicals in the technical field. After 54 years of marriage, the last ten years with Parkinson’s disease, he passed away. Two months later our grandson and his wife had their first baby. When I had told him this he smiled with joy that was followed with a tear.

I look forward to reading the column of a wonderful doctor, Gladys T. McGarey, M.D. that is published in the magazine, Venture Inward of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Having delivered hundreds of babies during more than half a century of medical practice she speaks of the joy felt by the parents and all the family when a new baby arrives. “This attitude is picked up by the soul of the newborn.” Dr. McGarey explains. “I recall a 14-year-old who was having her second baby. Her husband was 16 years old and I had delivered their first, a girl. Both had wanted a boy. When the baby arrived as a girl, the father began to cry. When it was time to take the baby to the nursery, I asked him if he wanted to take her. Crying still, he said no. I had the privilege of taking her and told her to pay no attention to what had just happened, that he didn’t understand and when he got home would love her and be happy that she was in their family.

“When we are born the umbilical cord is cut, separating us from our mother and we become a separate individual. When we die the silver cord is cut, separating us from Mother Earth and we become an individual spirit. Our soul seems to know that there comes a time when we let go of the old to make room for the new. In birth we move into the body, the vehicle through which we will find expression during this lifetime. In death we let go of that vehicle and move into a dimension where our soul will express itself. In both, we move through a dark tunnel, and it is almost as if we’re squeezing out the old as in both situations we’re moving towards the light.”