our bodies dont stay the same of course they dont they evolve they show signs of a life lived a life loved as they should they bear witness to where weve been that weve been they are like maps that tell the tale of our time our travels the best reason to love our bodies i brought them to the hospital and hung onto them the whole time through the squeeze of the contractions and the sting of the needles and the pushing and the sweating and the crying and the expansion of pride at the amazing creature that was all of a sudden there the family talisman