The big day! Then what?

“You will love each other the least on this day, tomorrow you will love each other more and the next day more still,”  those words were spoken at my wedding.  I loved the reminder that the wedding (although momentous and amazing) is only the very beginning...

Dreams

Seeing this old photo of myself at age five brings thoughts of childhood dreams.  My daughters dream right now is to someday own her own bakery.   My son would love to be Batman.  My little one is a climber and I would guess her dream is to be in a room full of chairs...

Adoption

I am a firm believer in adoption.  I was adopted at 6 weeks old from an organization in Chicago, IL called The Cradle.  My adoptive parents told me right from the start that I was special.   What a wonderful gift to me that has been.  As a parent myself now, I wonder...

It’s the little things…

I love babies.  I love their wrinkly skin.  I love the faces they make while they sleep.  I love how they smell.  I love all of their momentous firsts!  I love watching parents fall in love with their babies.  I love precious little ones who completely change our...

I wonder…

What to call my professional self? My husband brought this up and I continue to struggle with a name that defines what I do. I am a postpartum doula. So few people know what we do and what that title means! Mother’s Helper makes me think of helpful teenagers,...