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.

Like my sister, 981 women die every day on Earth from pregnancy and birth-related complications.

Statistically, the United States rates number 39 in maternal mortality. This means that it is safer to be pregnant and to give birth in 38 other countries than the USA... and less expensive too.

The amazing heroic women in labor, they are the truest inspiration, and when they push their babies into the light... I am astonished every time.

The number of maternal deaths is significantly understated because of a lack of effective data collection both in the US and around the world.

I cry when I work in the garden, because the Sun, the rain, the wind and the Earth all work together to make us food and flowers. It just blows me away.

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