Blog Post #20

Motherwit / Onnie Lee Logan

By- Ava Daniels

"I've seen so many and there are so many different ways a baby can come into this world until I'll be looking for a difference every time. This is the beautiful part about it" (493).

In the excerpt titled Motherwit, Onnie Lee Logan invites us into a detailed narrative of her job, delivering babies. Logan uses imagery as well as examples of some of the things she's seen and experienced. In the beginning of the reading, Onnie speaks about how she prepares for delivery. This includes wearing all white, sterilizing her equipment, and giving the mom and dad time alone during the beginning of labor. She then describes the rest of the labor process by giving different examples of things that have happened. In the quote above, Logan really opens up about her job and how passionate she really is about it. She had worked for over 40 years and only had one baby die. She loved what she did and found the beauty in it, and that is what I think makes her and this reading so special.