I yawned and stretched. I’d gone to bed too late the night before – thirsty to soak up every last drop of time I could with my daughter and my granddaughters – but I’d still managed to rise early enough to start out on my twenty-two hour drive at a decent time. My girls were yet asleep,[…]
It’s an interview with me! Several weeks ago I was contacted by Serena Salvato, a young wife, mother, doctor of microbiology, and the founder of a new podcast called The Push Guide. Serena explained to me that when she moved to the United States from England, she was grieved to discover what a remarkably few[…]
Elyse Hannah Simmons 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 22.25 inches long Born to Hannah Evangeline and Jesse Simmons and to her sister, Evangeline Heidi. 6:35 Sunday morning, September 24, 2017 Elyse began her journey earthside mere hours after the Simmons family settled themselves into their new home and christened it with the dawning of the[…]
A young woman passionate about homebirth, Shantel Silbernagel, contacted me nine months ago to tell me about a project she was working on and to ask if I could provide a bit of help. Her desire was to present the world with a book of stories about birthing at home. A collection of stories that[…]
So, here I am in Michigan, enjoying my children and my grandchildren and the opportunity to help Hannah, my midwife daughter, with a handful of her clients. Among those I’ve had the pleasure to meet is Sabrina, a mother of two boys, one very newly born. As we sat and talked and admired the baby,[…]
Brenton Moses Woodard Named in honor of his late grandpa, Brent Woodard Weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and measuring 20.25 inches long Born to Paul and Megan Woodard 9:53 Tuesday evening, August 22nd, 2017 Paul intended to catch his son himself, but Brent decided to plunge into life with his feet first and his[…]
“There’s a sacredness in tears. They aren’t the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They’re the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” Washington Irving So many good things are happening! As you know, my book is safely in my publisher’s hands. I[…]
Hello, friends! As usual, thanks to having been blessed with a husband who has summers off, we spent most of this summertime away, roaming the wilds of North America. We had an amazing time – as usual, but – as usual – I was sad to have to turn mothers due to birth in the summertime away.[…]
Exactly one week ago, at 11:19 in the evening, with the neighborhood fireworks and smoke bombs exploding incessantly in my ears, I backed-up the latest version of the story I labored to birth fully two years ago. I decided the crazy display of noise and light was for me! The next morning, with my heart[…]
Good morning, Friends! I recently made a new friend via social media, Thais Derich, author of the newly released memoir, Second Chance: A Mother’s Quest for a Natural Birth after a Cesarean. I ordered Thais book and devoured it in a day, shedding tears as I was caught up into the moving story of both her first[…]