Stories about faith, fitness, and the healing of broken hearts, minds, and bodies 

Most people don’t know much about midwifery. I didn’t. From what I’d seen, home birth could be weird. I didn’t want some New Age backwoods hippy-gypsy fanning me with feathers or rubbing crystals over my belly any more than I wanted doctors and nurses unnecessarily probing me or capitalizing on my vulnerability. Some people assume home birthers are ignorant and irresponsible. From the stories I’ve heard, I agree that some are. A lot of people think home birth is scary. “W

I was fully dilated. My midwives could see my baby. But after 24 hours of labor, Charlie and I were speeding to the hospital at 3:00 am....

Nothing has ever knocked me on my butt harder than pregnancy. I love physical challenges, but there’s a big difference between doing...

For years, I prayed on and off about having children, never receiving total clarity. I believed procreation was God’s will, but it was...

I hesitated to write this story because I know a family who recently lost their 10-year-old to cancer. I hate it for them. I hate it for...

Five months ago, I took Itty-Bitty to the vet, expecting a quick fix for what I thought was only an abscessed tooth. My veterinarian...