I am in the process of reading the Daddy Shift – which so far has been a really excellent read.

The book explores what it means to be a father today, and in the process discusses how many dad’s today do not  use their own fathers as role models.  This being, in part, because many of the fathers of our generation were absent much of the time, both literally — working long hours — and emotionally
It made me sit and reflect a bit, about my own father and the memories I …

On Saturday our homebirth education class gathered for a reunion in  Prospect Park.  In place of a bunch of pregnant couples sitting in a circle, you now had a bunch of new parents, with infants on their laps.  It was quite a scene.
Almost everyone showed up to sit beneath a large tree by the baseball field, including our instructor Natashia Fuksman, to visit and share our experiences.

We exchanged our birth stories over chips and bagels.  It was totally informal.
Listening to each couple’s story, it was amazing just how different each …