Baby Time

Mary has been sent to stay with Elizabeth, possibly the only person who really understands. I would like to imagine they spent afternoons like this.

Baby Time

 

two women,

matron and maiden,

pregnant with Divinity

 

carry Sons

chosen to Prepare a Way

and establish a Kingdom

 

carry Sons

destined to baptize and to heal

and to die (one will rise)

 

But for today,

matron and maiden,

pregnant with Divinity

 

delight in figs and tea

and weave soft blankets

and giggle in baby-time anticipation

Author's Note

revised

Reviews

[Distant horizons]

Nice. I'm not very big on commenting on anything with a religious theme, but this was so delightfully unexpected. I guess it is how history forgets that there were real people behind the stories and anything with the word giggle in it is fine by me. great piece. Very original.

[Mary]

thanks so much for your thoughtful and kind review

[steppenwolf]

The Visitation is a lovely part of the New Testament. Very human, very female, the way the womens' bellies touch and Elizabeth feels her baby boy jump for joy! Love the figs and tea and making blankets. Did they giggle together? Hope so!

[Jibey]

You present well the natural response of two women who share a miraculous event, one aged the other young. The figs and the tea, the soft blankets and the giggles are so very feminine...contrasted with the big picture of divine destiny

[Mary]

thanks, for the review. I know it's not what the religions teach, but I think Mary was sent to live with Elizabeth because the family was in shock and didn't know what to do with her. But who better to send her to, but another woman experiencing a miracle of her own. I would imaging there would have been lots of giggling between the two.

[Jibey]

They were cousins, or related in some way, I always thought... Interestingly we are told absolutely nothing about either Mary or Joseph's family, except in the genealogies... But it seems that Jesus and John had a close affinity and John's later beheading by Herod was a grievous happening as far as Jesus was concerned

[RachelReaper]

i could picture this perfectly, and I love how you added the, "and giggle in baby-time excitement" at the end, because it made them seem more human, more three dimensional, and even more realistic.

[FJ Davis]

This very creative account more than does justice to the subject.
Charming and quite believable, Mary!

[gombeggar]

nice wording...especially 'delight in figs and tea'

[Stacey Watts]

An amazing miracle and beautiful story. It is one of my favorites in the Bible. Very well written. Enjoyed reading your words.

[Marie]

Yes...once they were just two women, gettng ready for their babies.

[Whiskurz]

Awesome write about the mothers of John and Jesus......I enjoyed this......Whisk