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.

I sing, I clean house, I write poetry. I cry. And I tell everyone I can, "I Believe in YOU."

Childbirth being one's most significant life passage, those close to us when we open to birth a baby will never be forgotten.

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.

My sister had health insurance; she should have been warned by her doctors that she was at risk. But she was a minority. The doctors took little interest in her as an individual, and she fell through the cracks. And died.

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

Research points to the fact that being born without trauma is the foundation for having an intact capacity to love and trust.