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Izzy at the maple syrup festival we attended in April...so sweet!

I haven't written in a while. My excuse is busyness, yes, but also writers block of sorts. I haven't been writing much at all lately. Not sure why, these things tend to just go in spurts for me.

May feels like the calm before the storm for me. I haven't had any women due this month and even though I still wear my pager every single day it's not the same. Next month will be a different story. As any of you who know me know, I like to limit my doula clients to one a month. I find this is plenty of work to keep me hopping with prenatals, postnatals and birth stories to write, not to mention attending the actual births which can range anywhere from 2 1/2 hours of my time (my quickest), to 32 hours of labour support (my longest). June started out innocently enough with a call to be a doula for a woman due June 23rd. Then a few weeks later a call for a birth June 5. I figured they were more than 2 weeks apart, so I could manage that. Then a call from the foundation I work for that funds doulas in our county...for a woman due July 10th. I had been wanting to take July and August off, but the woman was in a tough spot and I just couldn't say no. No other doulas in the area would take her so I agreed. THEN, my June 5 had her due date switched to the 14th, and my July 10th had her due date switched to July 2nd. All of the sudden I had 3 women due within 2 1/2 weeks. If ever there will be a test of my trust in God for this career it's coming up alright.

I am a slow learner. God teaches me the same lessons time after time after time. And still, I continue to struggle with the same issues. This is as frustrating for me as I'm sure it is for Him. I wonder if I will get any sleep in that 2 1/2 weeks. Here I am worrying about it already. I'm sure you all get sick of listening to me.

I've been having fun getting to know these clients though...they are so vastly different. I always enjoy wondering what an upcoming birth will be like.

A very exciting thing happened this past week with my business though, I had lost track of a client after she had her baby 2 years ago. I had done a postnatal visit, but not the final visit where I would have given her the birth story. Months ago when I joined Facebook I searched for her name right away, I had called all the numbers I had for her, and just could not locate her. I always felt bad that I had never gotten her the story. The other day I found her thank you letter under my bed and thought to search Facebook again, and there she was :) I was so excited! I e-mailed her right away and we connected. She's in Ottawa now which I was a little disappointed about since I had hoped to see her, but I was thrilled to hear she was doing really well. I'm mailing her birth story out to her...it feels so good to be able to do that! Thank you God!

Well, that's about all from my scatterbrained mind. Life has been fun, and busy, and full of great moments...like watching my daughter Izzy sing her heart out at an arts festival today, and taking Lyric on her very first school bus ride.

Life is good.

Mel