I am visiting my childhood home in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. Each evening I look out the window and see the cows grazing lazily in the field. Seeing these dairy cows grazing brings to mind plenty of memories of growing up of watching sweet new calves nuzzle and feed from their mammas. In light of those memories, I was inspired me to create these two new breastfeeding memes:
There are days when I feel so far from heroic that I feel like the I’m the punchline in a joke. But some days, like today, when my daughter reached over to me and placed her sticky hands on my face, and said with perfect innocence, “Mommy, I will love you forever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever, and ever…” I understand that saving the world, at least my corner of it, might be possible … one tender moment at a time.
To every reluctant hero, wear your uniform proud!
After getting dressed I looked in the full length mirror this morning, the brown stretch tank-top I had on gave me pause. Seeing my reflection I thought one thing, “crooked chachas.” Oh well, I’m so going to rock this look! With that in mind, I was inspired to make this meme. I hope it puts a smile on your face.
The Birth Interview Project is leaving the nest and saying good-bye to the home it grew up in. It’s time for this little project of mine to have its own dot com. This is an exciting step in the life of this endeavor. Started just seven months ago, The Birth Interview Project is now alive and well; I might even say it’s thriving! Thank you all for your support and participation. Take a moment and stop by the new place at thebirthinterviewproject.com and let me know how you like it.
I am Joy, a happily married mother of two waterbirthed babies. I am a doula and a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, who worked as a midwife's assistant at a freestanding birth center in TX. As of 2015, I'm a full-time nursing student who teaches childbirth classes at Park Ridge Health, The Baby Place, in Hendersonville, NC. I love serving laboring moms and I enjoy teaching birth education. I use this blog to write about it all - my life, my children, and my passion of all things childbirth.
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