Thankful for Summer

Summer allows me to be a truly active doula. I can take on a few births and not worry about overlapping schedules of nursing school coursework or the usual barrage of day job tasks. I can focus on what's important to me instead of relegating birth to my daydreams of happy, expectant couples as I tend to need to do in the middle of winter. I am thankful for the two births I have coming up and for the good-natured people I have the pleasure to work with.

Ironically, once Labor day arrives I will no longer be able to take on births at the same rate. Nursing school classes will take over and I will surely miss some incredible birth opportunities.

But, for now, I relish the time I have with these couples, their existing, growing and ever changing families and am just thankful in this moment.