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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,…

By OliviaMay 5, 2018May 9, 2018Leave a comment

Africa, GHSP, Healthcare, Tanzania

Summer is Coming

We just started Season 6 of Game of Thrones. Our march through the epic drama somehow marks our time in Tanzania. We started watching in earnest when we moved into…

By JasonNovember 6, 2016December 3, 2017Leave a comment

We are Olivia and Jason. We are pragmatics and souls who seek adventure. Olivia is a midwife, Jason is a family doctor, and our love for the world and connecting with the people in it have led us to work in Tanzania for a year, to travel around the world for 10 months, to ongoing work in Ghana, and to dig our roots a little deeper into our home in Portland, Oregon.

This is a space for us to share many of the things that ignite us, excite us, and trouble us about the world and the places where we find beauty. Join us in our adventures at home and abroad.

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Midwife Life: International Day of the Midwife 2018

Summer is Coming