Doorways

This morning I was going through my collection of photos, and noticed once again how many photos of doorways I have.
This afternoon I was doing a home birth, when I received a text message from a friend; 'is it okay to call you now?'. I told her I was busy, and she answered to get with her when I was done.
A beautiful little girl entered this world, and after all were fed, cleaned and settled I went on my way home.
Sitting in the tram, I noticed a lot of beautiful doorways. I must come back here and take photos of these, I said to myself. And I kept contemplating doorways, watching this baby entering this life, rites of passage, cycles, all the things I find so fascinating about life.
Getting out of the tram, I rang my friend back. She asked me how I was doing and I gave her a brief update but than asked her what was up. Her voice sounded flat. 'I have bad news', she said, 'did you hear about that accident, a car being squashed by a train last Thursday?' No, I had not heard, I don't really keep in touch with the news like that. 'I just learned it was Liesbeth and her dad in that car' she said. 'They are both gone'. I was shocked.....
We shared our shock, isn't life crazy, I just did a birth, my friend just gave birth, and now a third friend passed over.....

Trust Liesbeth to go on Ascension day, with a lot of media coverage and even a little mystery, as it took a little while before they knew how many and whom the victims were due to the severity of this crash.
A beautiful woman has left this world; float freely you wonderful soul!