Early Doula Seed Planting

My daughter, 14 years old, got me a Doula gig at her high school in her human growth and development class teaching “What is a Doula and what do they do?” She had some restrictions, “you can not embarrass me and no vulgar birthy term.” I told...
Train for Birth

Train for Birth

TRAIN: If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it. -Collins Dictionary To prepare someone or be prepared for a job, activity or...
TRAIN FOR 10 CENTIMETERS

TRAIN FOR 10 CENTIMETERS

Photo: KE Documentary TRAIN: If someone trains you to do something, they teach you the skills that you need in order to do it. If you train to do something, you learn the skills that you need in order to do it. -Collins Dictionary To prepare someone or be prepared for...

Stay At Home Mom FIRED!!!

As you can tell by the title, this blog post will be dramatic.  I have been a stay at home mom for 19 years. This past week I was FIRED!! At least it feels that way. My kids decided to grow up, leave the nest and live their own lives.  How dare them!! They have broken...

Doula the Soccer Player

Photo Credit: RendonPhoto My doula the volleyball player has turned into doula the soccer player all in the same season. Last year the high school soccer coach attended one of my daughter’s volleyball games.  The next day he stopped her in the hallway at school and...

Doula the Volleyball Player

My daughter just finished her 5th club volleyball season. From January to July we have a pretty intense schedule with practices, tournaments every other weekend and travel.  We spend hours upon hours and miles upon miles in the car, in the gym and on a plane.  By the...