In going through our pictures for 2010, there are exactly two (unflattering) pictures of just me in our Picasa files... why? Because I am always behind the camera-- trying to capture those moments I want to remember... my friends, my family, our adventures...
Everything I do revolves around loving and caring for my family, except when I am loving and caring for another family when they are giving birth. I attended 24 births in 2010, supported half a dozen families through the postpartum period, and prepared an unknown number of families for the experience of birth and parenting in childbirth classes. I volunteered an unmentionable number of hours to our local doula association as we build relationships with area hospitals and physicians, bridging the gap between modern medicine and the humanistic model of care. Other than my family, there is nothing more important to me, and I am so blessed to do the "work" I do. I am grateful to each family who has welcomed me into their lives.
In my spare time? Once the laundry is done, the house is clean, the food is re-stocked, meals are prepared, sometimes I pick up a book or squeeze in a little yoga. Sometimes I just sleep.
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