Adventures of a student Midwife!

I've been sadly lacking in the blog posting department of my life.  I do have a wonderful excuse though, since the last year has included many important things.  I started midwifery school in April of 2014, and am over halfway through my 3rd semester at the moment.  When this semester is finished I will have completed an entire year of midwifery school!  That is amazing to me.  The time has gone by so quickly, and I have learned so much.  I've also met so many incredible women and made new friends.  On the flip side I've had to let go of some of the things that I like to spend my time doing.  Like crafting, sewing, gardening, and watching TV!  I'm also at the point where I'm going to have to start really cutting back on the number of photography clients I take on, which is really hard for me to do.  I've come to love the clients I've worked with for so many years, and it will be very difficult to tell them no.  I'm hoping to get started with my apprenticeship in the next few months though, so time will become even more of a hot commodity in our house. Here are a few of the photos that document the things I've been doing on this journey. 

Rachel and I at the Karen Strange Neonatal Resuscitation Workshop

A salt bowl ceremony at the MCU conference in October

Our prenatal care class was taught by Cathy Larson, who is a wonderful midwife that practices in Utah.

This entire journey is a gift.  Sometimes it's a gift in the fact that it is giving me the challenges and trials that I need to grow, and sometimes it's a gift in giving me the most beautiful, spiritual enlightenment that I've ever received.  I feel very blessed to be called to this work.  There are many sacrifices that will be required in this path, but I also know that the beauty of it, and the absolute dependence on the spirit and on God that it requires will teach me what I am meant to learn here in my journey.  I hope that along the way I can be an instrument used to bless others on theirs.