Broken and Beautiful
Hello Friends!
My name is Erika, and I am Broken and Beautiful. I don't try to pretend I have it all figured out, but I know the One who does. He's really what this tumblr is about, and His name is Jesus.
I want to follow Him so close that I breathe in the dust from His sandals, and I hope you'll join me in the journey as I do my best to follow step-by-step, living the life that He's called me to live; Loving Him and loving others.
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Had a great doula meeting today with a new client. Turns out they won’t be my client for long because she’s 38 weeks! I thought she was due next month, but it turns out their little guy is coming sooner rather than later! :) This will (probably) be miracle #33 for me! :)
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I just finished taking all 5 exams needed to pass the test portion of my NRP class (thank you Jesus!). It was hard and long, but I did it and now I can go to sleep (at 3:47 am) so I can get some rest before my NRP class (at 10 am).
It feels like I’m back at Liberty again, except I’d usually stay up til 2:30 and then get up at 7:00 (how the heck did I do that?!)
After I’ve become certifed in NRP I can assist a homebirth midwife! Isn’t that exciting! I would love love LOVE to get to attend a homebirth with a homebirth midwife again. I still can’t believe I can say I’ve been able to when I now know that it’s crazy hard to do. God just wanted to make sure I saw homebirth and I did, I got to see 2 in fact! :)
Hopefully this NRP certification will be my key to #3. I pray it is because if I seriously am staying up til practically 4 am, studying my butt off during SUMMER VACATION and stressing for hours over studying (read each chapter twice, answered all review Q’s twice and did the DVD once for each chapter) for NOTHING then I will not be happy.
It’s still a good skill to learn, and if I have that skill but don’t get in on a homebirth, that’s fine. God is the one who allows me to witness each miraculous moment and I will be thankful for each one whether hospital, home, intervention-filled or intervention-free.
I’m ready to be used and I’m ready to see some babies be born! But first I gotta learn to help them breathe.
