My friend S gave birth today. Her little boy came into this world surrounded by family, touched first by people who love him, quietly, smoothly, beautifully. The details of the story are hers to tell, and hopefully I’ll be honored enough to link to them sometime soon. Four months ago, S believed she could not [...]
Archive for March, 2008
March 27 2008
Only One Word
I was chatting with my incredibly wise pal V last night, and we were talking, as we do, about birth and babies and whatnot. The topic of pain-free birth came up. I‘ve thought about this a lot. I completely bought in to the idea that if you didn’t have fear, you wouldn’t have pain, as [...]
March 24 2008
Absolutely Speechless — VBAC Ban Explanation Letter
The amazing and brilliant Jen on VBACfacts.com posts this winner: A Letter From A Hospital Explaining Why They Banned VBAC And I thought I was speechless about the UHC elective cesarean thing I posted about last. This just kicks it. I may calm down enough to respond to this in a measured and analytical way [...]
March 21 2008
New Post on LWOS
Here we go: http://lifewithoutschool.typepad.com/lifewithoutschool/2008/03/the-boys-projec.html Lately, I’ve been looking more at underlying assumptions, and less at the actual mechanics of learning, and what I see out there is pretty scary.
March 19 2008
Trust Birth Conference — Reflections
Whew. Did you read the last few entries? You’d figure that I’d fall into bed and sleep, sleep, sleep, right? Wrong. Good thing I habitually leave a notepad by the bed to collect those blinding 3:00 AM brainwaves. It’s been over a week since the Trust Birth Conference, and I’m still having them! First, the [...]
March 18 2008
Trust Birth Conference — Day 3
Oh my gosh. Not only was it the day we lost an hour to “Daylight Savings”, but Sunday, March 9 was gonna be packed solid, and I did not wake up my sunshiny best. Luckily, I got to start with another lovely breakfast with Melissa and Kenneth. Day 3 was not going to be easy, [...]
March 17 2008
Trust Birth Conference — Day 2
On Saturday March 8, despite being totally wiped out, mentally and emotionally, from Day 1 of the Trust Birth Conference, I hopped out of bed about 15 minutes before my alarm, bright and ready to tackle Day 2. I was lucky enough to have breakfast with the outstanding Melissa Collins and her husband Kenneth, who’d [...]
March 16 2008
Trust Birth Conference — Day 1
Bright and early Friday March 7, my alarm went off. This is far more traumatic than it sounds; in my day job, I’m a full time telecommuter, and have gotten very used to waking up when my body tells me to. So it was a little weird to be awoken by the beeping. Gah! But [...]
March 15 2008
Trust Birth Conference, Day 0
On Thursday March 6, I kissed my kids and my fabulous hubby, and headed out to catch my flight down south to attend the Trust Birth Conference. Mixed emotions? You bet. I hate leaving the guys behind. And although I know they don’t really need me, it’s always weird to walk away. I try hard [...]
March 6 2008
Much Ado About CA Homeschooling
The latest “sky is falling” panic to hit the homeschool lists is this case, wherein a judge basically declared homeschooling illegal unless you have a credentialed teacher in front of the child each day. Naturally, mayhem, speculation, and doomsaying commenced. My friend Tammy really summed it up nicely on her blog, where she states: But [...]
March 5 2008
Fix The Farm Bill
Over at The Cleaner Plate Club (sure as heck not by way of most mainstream media channels, sigh), I found this piece on the New York Times op-ed, My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables), by a farmer, Jack Hedin, who wanted to grow vegetables that could be sold at local farmers’ market. And was blocked by [...]
March 4 2008
Rowan’s First Lost Tooth
Last night, the waiting was over. After wiggling around for three solid weeks, Rowan lost his first tooth. I‘d been in a meeting in Menlo Park in February 13, being all busily corporate, when Jason IMd me with this exchange: 11:54 AM teamhudson: hello love 11:57 AM guess what? 11:58 AM me: what? 11:59 AM [...]
