Last summer I honored my sister friend with a Blessingway. Perhaps you are familiar with this beautiful way to honor a new mom-to-be but I had never heard of it until a few months before. It’s a ceremony to show the new mom that she has a circle of women around her and they are supporting her as she prepares for the birth of not only this beautiful child, but a new woman… a mother.
It was my first time planning a ceremony like this so I kept it simple and drew inspiration from a wonderful guide: Mother Rising by Cortlund, Lucke & Watelet. I took into consideration the values and beliefs of the mother-to-be while putting it together. The ceremony took about 4 hours. This is how we did it: (more…)