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We come from many places, Diverse backgrounds and different faces, Whether rich or whether poor,No matter where we’ve been before, We can relate to one another,As a sister or a mother, As a friend or as a wife, As an in-law or a grandma,With the tears we shed in life, As we work and as we care,As we manage what isn’t fair, As we climb and when we crawl,When we stumble and we fall, As we celebrate and we smile,As we calculate our next mile, From one daughter to another, Have compassion and empathy,Lend a hand to each other, Shed the veil from your eyes, Though peculiar and unique,We have far more in common than you think.
Raising eight is wonderful, and difficult, and both the most rewarding and the most challenging feat. It’s taught me what true patience is, and I’m not talking about needing to count to ten to gather myself or overcoming the urge to rush a retelling of events or the process of tying his own shoes… no,Continue reading “How I “do it””
I had the absolute privilege of helping the most amazing couple welcome their sweet baby girl last week. As their Doula, I was honored to advocate for their privacy and informed consent, to massage mom through her contractions, to advocate against unnecessary medication, and to help in whatever other ways were needed. It’s a differentContinue reading “Birth in a developing country”
We often ask our kids to write 1-3 paragraphs about why what they did was wrong. This way we know that there is understanding, and that they are willing to make a different choice in the future. One minute everything is glorious; the house is clean, no one is crying, and kids are playing together.Continue reading “Shame, Punishment, and Discipline”
As parents, it’s our responsibility to prepare and disciple these little people into adulthood. It’s not too intimidating in the toddler years when nursery songs, hide-n-seek, and filling coloring books with unrecognizable masterpieces consumes the bulk of our days. But as they get older and choices, opinions, and discipline become more complicated you realize twoContinue reading “Preparing future adults”
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