I am not a vegan. I am not even a vegetarian, but sometimes I really wish that I could be.

Especially after today…

A friend of mine had gone to the South Florida Fair and had told me they had baby cows there. When I went a couple of days later, I didn’t see any baby cows. A few days later, I was trying to think of something to do with my one-year old son. It was a windy, overcast day, so I figured I would take him back to the fair. I figured maybe he’d get to see the “stunt dog s...

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Why Did I Choose to Become a Doula?

"Why did you choose to become a doula?" I get asked that a lot. It's probably one of the first things someone is guaranteed to ask me when they find out what I do.  People are fascinated by the idea that some regular person (not a medically-trained individual) gets to witness babies being born on a regular basis. What they may not realize is that it's much more complicated than just being present at the birth of a baby. The crazy hours, the life of being on-...
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