Goldie may not follow a said religion. She may not believe the same way someone else did. But she felt it was her job as a midwife to know many beliefs. So that a mother could feel comforted in their time of need. To know someone would pray to their gods for them if they couldn't. Because she was too taken in birth pains. She felt like it meant something. But perhaps that was foolhardy. Mayhap someone thought it a heresy and discourteous.
She settled more firmly in her seat. Body relaxed. And waited. Is it always a gift?
She had know a few like her mothers first husband. A horrible awful wolf who treated his wife as if she were worthless. Hurt and maimed her. Her mother did not deserve that fate.
A genuinely bright smile lit her face. She has taught me all I know of such things. Herbs and plants. How to calm a mother and more besides. And she is selfless. My mother did not have an easy early life, but it didn't change her heart. Only bent her spirit a little