My Youngest Daughter’s Homebirth

A bittersweet story on my youngest daughter’s 21st

Greg Proffit

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Photo by Aileni Tee on Unsplash

21 years ago today, my last daughter was born. She was daughter number five, and child number six. Like all her siblings before her, she was born at home.

A cold morning

It was still dark and hours before dawn when the contractions started. Frost covered the…

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Greg Proffit

Communication Studies & Sociology scholar on God, Language, Love, Literature, Living, Music, Politics, Psychology, etc. —325+ stories. greg@gregproffit.com