The past
The greatest sound in the world, was the sound of a baby’s first cry. That was what the young lady had been told, as her hands shook. She had washed her hands, pulled on a hair net to pull back her curly wild hair, and put gloves on. She took as long as she could, hearing the sound of the woman screaming, taking deep shuddered breaths, before crying. The young lady was sixteen now, and this would be the first birth she’d assist with. She had been training for many years, sixteen to be accurate, since she was discovered at birth as they all are. A true healer, born with a crescent moon on the inside of her leg, marking her destiny forever.
The woman was screaming louder, crying as she begged the older woman to reach inside and tear the baby from the womb, ending her pain, her mi
