Unsolicited advice for my friends thinking of becoming pregnant or newly pregnant
I’m a midwife. I’m also a woman of reproductive age and I have a lot of friends that want to have babies; to make them, adopt them, foster them, and…
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Two Day Getaway: Our First Weekend in Astoria
Descending down the mountain from Tajumulco was much quicker than the ascent. But my slow and untrustworthy knees meant I was still bringing up the caboose, literally walking through the…
Reflections on a Year of Travel: Our Answers to Your Questions
As we reach the end of our nearly year of travel, we are feeling reflective. For help thinking through the many facets of our trip, we asked our Instagram friends…
Slow Living
Our life away from the U.S. for the past two years has held many similarities to our life in the USA. We still love watching Netflix in the evenings, connecting…
Women’s Carry-On Packing List for 5 Months in Central and South America (including Patagonia!)
After traveling in Asia for 12 weeks, we went home for the holidays in December to celebrate with family. Luckily, I had some old sweaters and jeans stashed at our…
Returning to Portland even more ‘Portland’ than when we left
I like to engage in earnestly making fun of ourselves. I think it is healthy. Which is why you can often find me smirking as we roll out our yoga…
Midwife Life: International Day of the Midwife 2018
I am not currently working as a midwife. But I am always a midwife. I recently read ‘So Good They Can’t Ignore You’, which I can’t really say I recommend,…
In 9 weeks we will be home
Last week as we sat in the hot springs outside Pucón, the thick fog forming droplets on my hair and the smell of sulfur clinging to the inside of my…
Top 5 Things the Kekeli Women Use Their Bicycles For
Olivia and I founded a non-profit organization called Rural Health Collaborative (RHC) with 2 of our friends. RHC trains and supports a group of women called Kekeli (which means ‘brightness’).…
Not Home for the Holiday
We are floating down the Mekong River on the slow boat. Actually we are floating up it, going against the current powered by a large motor. There are two Laotian…