A little lightness of being

Hello, Dear Readers,

I thought after my last post’s sturm und drang, I should post a something a little lighter and a little more heartful.

The interview process is going really well. I have 3 practices who want to meet me, the question now being am I willing to give up Canada, or am I merely postponing it? I’m still deep in thought about it and will see, depending on the fit of these practices.

Moving is stressful, and that definitely colored my last post. However, I know that I have much to be thankful for. I may be temporarily moving to scenes unknown, but I know I will never be homeless and that is a great blessing. I mean, I was planning on moving to the suburbs of Vancouver this month, I’m really not certain why the suburbs of NYC freak me out so much. But here we go. Next Saturday, all of my worldly belongings will reside at my sister’s beautiful home in Connecticut. My life will continue to be in NYC until such time as I take a job here, in another city or go to Canada. I’m not sure exactly when Brooklyn began to feel like home, but it has, and change is scary.

However, change is good! These past six months have been one of the most intensely creative periods of my life. I’ve written what I’m told is a really awesome sci-fi/fantasy web series, acted, sung, fought, and met some amazing, amazing people. I’ve worked as a midwife and an RN Caught babies and advocated for patients to be sure they got the care they deserved and were safe in the getting of that care. I’ve organized a team that built a house for a Sanctuary for Kids, and I’m going to get the chance to get to know my beautiful nieces better by living with my sister, temporarily, and what an awesome thing that is. They have both become these incredibly poised young women whom I really want to get to know better.

I’m trying to just allow myself to be in the moment. If I don’t catch another baby for 6 months, I’ll be disappointed, but my neither my life nor my midwifery career will be over. Nerves happen, and I’m glad to have readers like you who get that. I’m very glad that I have skills that will always be in demand so that I will never go hungry, and that I love what I do so very much that I can be more or less happy doing it anywhere.

I’m very much looking forward to spending some time with my LA friends in a couple of weeks, both for being with lovely, lovely people and for really determining if I could live out there either temporarily or permanently. I thank you all for continuing to read, and promise wonderful times ahead, no  matter how scary they may seem to me.

Namaste