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Thursday, March 8, 2012

In honor of International Women's Day - Paying homage to my grandmother and the grandmothers...

Today is International Women's Day celebrating and honoring the achievements of women all over the world. I am reminded of a poem written during the anniversary of my grandmother's passing and deemed it fitting to re-present it on this very special occasion.

It's an amazing feeling to be able to link ancestrally to who we are, where we've ventured and what we've accomplished in life.  Undeniably I am grateful to my beloved grandmother who's vision and loving spirit - by testimony of all those who knew her -resonates both in and around me. The evolution of life, in all it's beauty and potential for growth, innovation and positive change begins with those who established foundations before us.

Happy International Women's Day!
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Why I became an Obstetrician - Honoring "The Grandmothers..."

People often ask me why I chose to deliver babies.  The following is a brief perspective...

My grandmother and great grandmother both brought life into the world...and I don’t just mean their own children, which were many.   They were lay obstetricians and lay midwives. They were “home grown” practitioners of birth.  There were few other folks in those deep dampen rural parts of Southern Georgia  who were committed  to and available for such type work.  “Ushering in the next generation” my grandmother would call it. I remember her firmly counseling me in my most junior state of physician-hood; “Young lady….do you know that you ain’t doing nothin’ new? I was birthin' babies long before you ever got here...”  Those words would embrace my soul forever.  My sense of novel familial professional accomplishment wasn't dismissed, but rather reinforced with a different source of pride as I realized my calling into women’s health was far greater than a self derived pursuit.  The natural affinity to care for women was already in my blood…it was already a part of my lineage. It was a legacy planted deep within me from the pairing of two amazing women who paved the way for my inspiration, motivation, passion and purpose.  For them I am thankful. For them I deliver babies...

1 comment:

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