"Now this is the day,
Our child,
Into the daylight
You will go out standing.
Preparing for your day.
"Our child, it is your day,
This day.
May your road be fulfilled.
In your thoughts may we live,
May we be the ones whom your thoughts will embrace,
May you help us all to finish our roads."
Great Occasions Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-Age. Marriage, and Death
A Zuni Indian poem on sending a child into the world.
