A Long Hard Journey

Saturday afternoon, first time mom, Eva, went into her labor about 1 PM. I had been waiting anxiously for her to lamb, praying that all would go smoothly for her first venture into motherhood.
She labored for about an hour, with nothing much happening, so I went in for a check to see if there was a tangled up baby or two. What I found was a very large lamb, in the right position to be born, but the ewes cervix opening was so small she could not make any progress.
Mark and I work on her for what seemed like forever, with much pulling, and what we hoped were soothing and encouraging words for a distressed mom. I called a fellow shepherd for advice, and with those words of wisdom and a little more work, we finally got her out into the world!
Mom and baby are both doing fine.
She is a gorgeous black, badger face, 10lb ewe. We will call her Athena, for the goddess of wisdom, who is also described as "bright eyed, or with gleaming eyes". I think it suits her well!