Rosebuds and needles

Supporting a friend whose baby was born sleeping is the hardest thing that I have ever done. I hadn't realised quite how much my body would close around the pain. My gorgeous best birth buddy gave me some acupuncture today to help 'bring me back into the room'. So now I know what 'bringing me back into the room' means . As the treatment took place I could feel myself opening up and the tears began to flow. I wasn't thinking about anything, but I could feel my heart almost bursting and I wasn't sure if I would be able to breathe. The tight band across my forehead and the tense triangle through my nose shifted and whilst it is not gone, it has spread making it easier to bear somehow. And so I feel back in the room with tears ready to flow. The bud will open as the time is right.