It’s been my privilege and my joy to serve Jammi and Ben and their beautiful family through the births of most of their children – six out of seven! We first met in the year 2000, while I was yet an apprentice. Their son, Joshua, came during one of the wildest weeks of my life that[…]
Meet the Amazing Sarah York! I’m very pleased to introduce Sarah York this morning, my newest apprentice! When I made the decision to marry Steven and move to Colorado in the winter of 2013/2014, I fully understood I was relinquishing something I loved with all my heart – my work as a homebirth midwife with the most wonderful partner,[…]
I’m honored to introduce to you Clarice Winkler, retired veteran midwife in Michigan – a midwife I knew and admired from a distance at Michigan Midwives Association gatherings rather than from much personal association. But I always was struck by and drawn to her humility, her approachableness, and her deep wellspring of love for others. And I’ve[…]
For those following the goings-on of the past year, I bring you a brief re-cap and an update! Fourteen months ago, I completed the first draft of a manuscript I hoped would, before too long, become a published book. Initially, I imagined the actual writing of the manuscript to compose the bulk of the work[…]
I was abundantly blessed to serve as Siobhan and Trent’s midwife through the pregnancies and births of two of their five boys though, as Siobhan mentions, I missed the first of the two boys’ births by a hair’s-breadth! Oh, the memories! The second occurred amidst a flurry of births, and the main thing I remember about[…]
My first week in Michigan this summer I was blessed with the privilege of attending three births with my daughter, Hannah! The first of those births I also attended with Sarah Donahue, a client, a friend, and now, thanks to my son’s recent wedding, family. I had to include both photographs here since we couldn’t get the babies[…]
This article is from my book, Nourish & Thrive: Happy, Healthy Childbearing. I love witnessing the little ones emerge and unfurl into the light as their fathomless eyes wink and peek beneath their downy brows. But I really think what I love best of all is when all of this transpires under and into the[…]
I met Sarah Lawrence several years ago now and, though I wasn’t able to attend her first birth at home due to complications, and had moved away by the time she birthed her second, our souls struck a cord, and we’ve loved one another ever since. Sarah’s a beautiful woman all through, a dedicated wife and mother,[…]
I met the fascinating Janice Marsh-Prelesnik many years ago at one of her herb walks. She sent me home with sprigs of peppermint and spearmint to plant, and became a cherished friend. Janice is a seasoned midwife, body worker, herbalist, and musician – among other things – and is ever ready to listen, to teach, to[…]
With pleasure, I introduce to you a most charming woman and the tale of her firstborn child. Not only is Katherine the wife and mother of a sweet family, the writer of lovely stories, and a teacher of drawing and painting at Hillsdale College, she also is the creator of glorious works of art which may be viewed on her blog,[…]