Expect the Unexpected

Yesterday I walked with an old high school friend I hadn’t talked to in a long time. This blog has been a great way to reconnect with people and hear more about their stories of pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing as we all reach the age when that’s become more common. One of the things…

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Whistle While You Walk

Between the heat, the rain, a busy schedule and some lingering depression, I haven’t been making as much time for walking this summer as I wanted to. But a few weeks ago our neighborhood restaurant had a special that looked particularly tasty, so Matt suggested that we check it out. When he mentioned that we…

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Birth in the Time of COVID

Cassie is a current friend and former coworker. We started that job on the same day, and worked together in lockstep during some of the best years of my life. Cassie’s skills perfectly complemented my own. We were the yin and yang of our team. I was loud. Cassie was quiet. I was disorganized. Cassie…

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