I had lunch one day last week with my supervising Lactation Consultant and the charge nurse. The nurse was surprised – even shocked – when she learned that I am not an RN. “How can you evaluate the babies without a nursing background?” she asked. “Well, I do have a fair amount of experience in… Continue Reading
a woven tapestry
until that day
There will come a day when I can’t fix every problem. When my simple ministrations are not enough. When my hug and kiss doesn’t set the world back on course. There will come a day when I am banished, not sought. When I am a hindrance, not a help. When I annoy more than I… Continue Reading
Intertwining
For many years, I kept my online life and my “real” life separate. I wrote under a pseudonym. I was careful about disclosing my location or any specifics about my life or my family online. I was careful about disclosing my blog and blog identity offline. Initially, I needed that freedom – that protected space… Continue Reading
#10photos for 10/10/10
I had the most noble intentions of participating in the #10photos project, and I took my pictures (one every hour for 10 hours on 10/10/10) and then… nothing. I loved the idea of capturing a day in the life – I was not as absolute as some participants about taking my photo exactly on the… Continue Reading
Finding My Voice
When I began blogging, it was an outlet for the thoughts swirling around my head. Back then, it was a safe place to vent about infertility, to write about family, to explore hopes and dreams. The first time I remember blogging as an outlet was at a family event early in the medicalized process of… Continue Reading
Birthing and Breastfeeding
I was just pointed to this article by Melissa Bartick over at the Huffington Post about the impact of the birth experience on initializing breastfeeding. Dr. Bartick was one of the co-authors of the recent article in the journal Pediatrics on the cost of suboptimal breastfeeding in the US. If 90% of US families could… Continue Reading
New Beginnings
Spring is a season of new beginnings. A time when plants come back to life from their winter rest (at least if you live someplace colder than our current balmy Southern California) and birds nest (some of them right outside my dining room window). And apparently, a time to start a fresh blog.