My sun, star, moon, angel

''You are Life passing through your body, passing through your mind, passing through your soul. Once you find that out, not with logic, not with the intellect, but because you can feel that Life - you find out that you are the force that makes the flowers open and close, that makes the hummingbird fly from flower to flower. You find out that you are in every tree, and you are in every animal, vegetable, and rock. You are that force that moves the wind and breathes through your body. The whole universe is a living being that is moved by that force, and that is what you are. You are Life.'' (Don Miguel Ruiz, The Mastery of Love, A Toltec Wisdom Book).


Maia Ixchel daughter of Ana Paola,
Ana Paola daughter of Martha Leticia,
Martha Leticia daughter of Refugio Elvira,
Refugio Elvira, daughter of Elvira Alicia,
Elvira Alicia, daughter of Leovigilda,
Leovigilda daughter of Soledad,
Soledad daughter of...

About a month ago, on January 15, 2010 my daughter Maia Ixchel was born in the port of Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Maia Bonita is a beautiful baby girl with deep blue almond eyes and a gorgeous mouth hand painted by the delicate brush of God himself. She has the long neck of a princess, an elf ear and a fairy ear. Her hands are magnificent, with the long graceful fingers of a pianist (like her father and grandmother Leticia). Her legs are long already and she has big feet for a baby this small.

She is my sun, my moon.
My life revolves around her and she around mine ...
She has come to change my world and become the center of our universe.

My child is patient, calm, observant, alert and tolerant with her mama who is new to all this ...
She smiles when she sleeps and when she's awake she often looks like a great thinker.
She loves to look into the light and can spend a long time watching the sky through the window...
Could it be that she seeks to restore her place among the angels?

She loves to receive Shantala massage, which is an ancient practice that women in India pass from generation to generation.
She is happy in my arms, listening to my beating heart, in my bed, facing me and snuggling close,
and in the tub, relaxing in the warm water that transports her to her recent past in my uterus, suspended, weightless, playing and swimming like a fish...

When the sun goes down Maia is very active, kicking her legs and waving her hands.
Her favorite place is in that space between my shoulder and neck, where she snuggles warm and falls asleep listening to the brilliant rhythm of my heart.
This heart that beats to the rhythm of her sweet breath, swelling with love, and so full of joy ...

This is a mother's love ... and its just the beginning ...
This love is my master, this all-encompassing love ...
And I am totally and completely immersed in this love.