I love this picture. We choose our parents for a learning journey/souls mission.
Imagine if you will - that baby spirit with its hands on the heads of a woman and a man.... like a giant chess set. Baby says "No - that's not my Dad... I don't want a Rook and a Pawn together. (Moving the Pawn and selecting a Queen.) "Here is my MUM!" Right... now.... what about this Knight? "No, I don't think thats gonna work for this journey - that armour looks like its hiding something. She needs a King."
Sometimes the baby needs the lessons from the Pawn and the Rook, sometimes from the Knight and the Queen. Sometimes there is total suprise on the planet as the Pawn and the King get together and noses are put out of joint all round... some Mothers or Fathers of Kings or Queens can get awfully tetchy if they have babies with Pawns. Thankfully some Pawns realise that they are only holding themselves back and become the Kings and Queens that they truly are and don't take it to heart too much (clearly that kind of behaviour is unnecessary.)
Sometimes these pieces get together and then BOOM! There's a surprise baby!
"How did that happen" the pieces say? (We know how it happened of course, and honestly - who are they trying to kid?) Whats interesting is that down here (on that other planet you see in the background of this picture) People (we will call them grown ups) imagine themselves to be in charge of this procedure and they plan their babies. Sometimes those babies agree conditions are harmonious and they come along - however sometimes conditions are not harmonious.
Sometimes people try to have babies together and it doesn't happen and then they believe that they have something wrong with them - it can create so much stress they split up, find a new partner and BOOM here is a baby after all! (Go figure) Sometimes people decide they don't want babies or they don't want any more babies so the King goes along for a little procedure and then find out against all odds that a baby is coming. He looks at the Queen a bit funny as he thinks she may have strayed into the grounds of another castle while he was away doing a little random conquering.
Babies will even wait, with their arms folded tapping their toes until parents make room for them in their lives. Some babies love the element of surprise and like to wait until they hear their Mums and Dads told, "no way - you won't have a baby." Those ones are tricky and come to teach their parents about faith, surrender and miracles.
Some Kings and Queens are spared babies so they can love many children and be sacred helpers serving humanity. And some are here to be inspired to care for babies that have chosen them, but couldn't come through them because they needed to teach someone else something first. Some are here to be the channel that creates a baby as a sacred and miraculous gift for another.
All babies come for their mission, no matter what that mission is and no matter whether they get through all the way or not. Each is a gift from God, they all have come to honour and be honoured and they know before they take the voyage exactly what is going to happen to them. They are all brave souls and have much to teach us on many levels if we will only listen. Their message is one of acceptance, love, wisdom and abundance, of hope and grace and the promise of miraculous things.
They bring us the gift of a mirror, as we are only too quick to look and see the beauty of new born, but often fail to associate ourselves with the same perfection of Source energy.
We are each as new and special always, no matter what happens to us in our lives, we are always able (sometimes with a little help and a great deal of courage and diligence needed) to reconnect to our original selves and become that youthful free spirit once again.
Light comes when we allow it. 
