a determined soul

i was just thinking how determined the spirit we call Leif was to be born into this plane.
i had quite a few incidents during my pregnancy with him, and still he came to us, all perfect and beautiful.
we were with our friend Jackie at a concert.  Sly and the Family!   i do not recall the location except it was here in Fort Worth.  where ever it was we had to navigate several [as in a bunch] steps to get to our spots and at some point Jackie and i left the area to go to the RR.
i don't know what caused it but i tripped on the stairs and fell about 5 steps landing on my knees.  it was very jarring to my whole body but of course my first thought was of the baby sitting in my belly.  in my head i could see him being dropped out right then and there.  Jackie was so worried and David saw it from his seat and hurried down.  AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE.  the little one was fine and so was i.
another event was a minor car wreck that shook up my friend who was driving.  we were running errands and i was in my 3rd trimester and in the passenger seat.  she had just told me - while we we traveling! - that she'd been having some brake issues on the car. 
the words were barely out of her mouth when the car in front of us stopped at the redlight and we did not!  the brakes failed and we hit the rear of the car ahead.  i was thrown forward (those were the days when some cars had seatbelts and others did not and there were no laws about using them) but caught myself before hitting the dash.
and again our baby held onto his mission to come into this world and make it better.
i am so very grateful that spirit was with us all the way and Leif was gifted into our lives.
Nakupenda, son.