Friday, May 14, 2010

the beginning....

Let's see, how to start? I have recently completed a very long journey, so you might say that this beginning is really just the ending of the previous trip. My new beginning was initiated when I graduated from midwifery school and was somehow blessed with an amazing job....

It hardly seems real for me to say, out loud, that I am a midwife and that I work at a free standing birth center serving women and their families. I am still working on 'owning' that reality...it has been so long in the coming. So long I had been a student, and frankly had become very comfortable with that position. It is a nice place to be...observing, learning, growing, doing...without the full responsibility. As I have started this process of owning and inhabiting this new reality, I have often thought of starting a journal. I have wanted to save all of the thoughts and expereinces that have been surfacing and floating in my mind. Which leads me to this blog. It is my first, and honestly, I really have no idea what I am doing. If you have any interest in following along with me, I plan to document this first year as a new midwife and it should be an interesting ride......

7 comments:

  1. I think it is exciting that you are going to chronicle your first year as you transition into your role as a CNM. You can follow the lead of the "Beat Generation" like Jack Kerouac did in his stream of consciousness book "On the Road". Yes I would like to read about your new experiences and journey. Remember one day at a time. Maxine R. Horton

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  2. I would love to take this journey at your side, or in the ranks of childless women who are cheering on the grand adventures of others. Blog away, sweet sister, and share your joys, frustrations, rants, doh's, and anything and everything in between. I can't be in your shoes, but this will be the next best thing!
    Love
    Sister Mermaid Sage.

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  3. Thanks for the amazing show of support ladies!

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  4. I am very happy to have found this blog. I can't wait to read through your first year.

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  5. I hope you find it helpful, funny, inspirational...any and all of the above. Thanks you for taking the time to check it out.

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  6. I'm starting this journey too! :) but i'm starting from scratch and getting my college degree first. It will be years before I can even get to Midwifery School. boo. Thank you for writing this! i'll know what to look for! :)

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  7. Rikki...welcome to the ride, have fun!

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