Last year, I attended a beautiful birth blessing for a friend. As soon as I found out my sweet friend Amy was pregnant with her second darling, I hoped she would let me host a birth blessing to celebrate little Molly's life. Obviously, she said yes! We had a whole lot of brunchy food (this casserole was a big hit), and a few other things for the blessing.
There was a list for the "labor call", and candles to take home and light to remind them to pray while Amy labored.
I also had a frame ready for a photo of sweet baby girl, with the matte out to sign.
During the actual prayer part of the party, each woman filled out one of these cards and then read them aloud. Amy tucked them into a simple 4x6 album so she could keep them to read.
As each person read their prayers for Amy and her baby, they held one of the beads, and then slipped it onto a piece of stretchy string to form a bracelet for her to wear and remember that she had a whole community praying for her.
All the lovely ladies! It was such fun to get to host a group of such sweet, loving women.
In fact... sweet baby girl was born just last Wednesday, and our prayers traveled with them! My girls loved having a candle lit and praying for one of their favorite people... and having that reminder to pray for them gave me something to do rather than being anxious. If you want more information on throwing your own Birth Blessing Party, Lisa over at Catholic Missionary Family has everything you need.
