Yesterday, I planned on being in a silent meditation retreat for the entire day. It’s been a while since I sat in silence for more than an hour, and as soon as the day started I knew this was a long time coming...

Connecting with (and to) my inner landscape in this way felt exciting. The retreat began with so many possibilities swirling in my head. Different and new scenarios for myself were pulsing with energy, just waiting to be born.

It’s honestly been a while since I’ve felt that inspired.

Around 1pm, I started to hear loud noises outside from the new goats we had brought to the land last week. At first I thought the screaming goat I heard was a mama who couldn’t find her two baby boys in the tall cane grass of the goat pasture...but the screaming persisted and I thought I might be the only one on the land in that moment, so I got up from my sit and went outside in search for an explanation to this very disturbing noise.

I followed the bellows to find something I had never seen before — our pregnant goat was giving birth to twins girls!

What a miracle to see these babies being born, especially on the heels of my own morning of feeling “the new” ready to give birth.

I tossed my silence out the window (because ‘Life is what happens when you’re busy making plans’) and spent the afternoon being MomiLani’s midwife.

It was stressful at times doing it on my own, but I’m so glad I was able to grow in this way. MomiLani and I now have a special bond, and how magical to know that I got to be the first human to interact with these two precious little kids.

We haven’t named the girls yet, still being with them and holding them throughout the day.

It’s been so healing for me to have such deep and meaningful relationships with all the animals on the land. They bring me unimaginable joy, and teach me so much about Life and Nature from their own authentic nature.