Many people have remarked that 2020 has been a hard year. While I do not disagree, I cannot say that this year Read More
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Motherhood
Art, Confidence and Pursuing one’s Dreams: a Conversation with Janie Cosby
Janie Cosby is an artist and mother who is pursuing art on her own terms. She lives in small town in the interior Read More
Children’s Literature as Poetry
The other evening, I was reading a children’s book to M entitled “Migrant” by Maxine Trottier and illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. My Read More
A Room of my Own
Virginia Woolf once wrote “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” If Read More
Heart of a Doula
You may have guessed from reading my blog that I am passionate about [natural] birth, but more importantly about women having empowering Read More
Moments
It occurred to me today that I have plethora of photos collecting in my photo library. At some point I will have to select a few Read More
Home birth Part 2: Born in the Caul
I should probably preface this story with I swore I would never get induced, so at 41 weeks I continued to drink Read More
Community and Support: Thoughts on Mothering the Mother
Recently I came down with not one, but two bouts of mastitis, which left me feeling quite overwhelmed. In my case, the Read More
A Short Repose
Glimpses of baby M quietly at play in the morning light act as a meditation as I sip on my coffee and Read More
Switching to Cloth
Recently I was listening to a podcast interview with the founder of Lunapads, Madeleine Shaw (you can listen to the interview here), Read More