Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.

I am just one of many many thousands of midwives, who are devoted to saving lives gently.

I learned that a healthy society is made up of loving, trusting individuals, and that these individuals in turn protect their environment, become stewards of our land, air and water, and they make peace, rather than war.

There is a largely-ignored healthcare calamity in the United States that sees between two and three women die every day during pregnancy and childbirth.

After disasters, reproductive healthcare falls by the wayside. Yet babies continue to be born. When all infrastructure falls apart, when the hospitals and all their technological equipment are destroyed, midwives come in handy. They can help women give birth with or without electricity, running water, equipment - even shelter is optional. When babies are ready, they come.

In a nutshell, I am a mom, a grandma, and a midwife.

Birthing is the most profound initiation to spirituality a woman can have.