Tag: Ina May Gaskin

  • My wife is a rock star

      That is what I tweeted more than a month ago when my son was born. “My wife is a rock star.” I meant it.  Because I witnessed a woman overcoming her fears and helping a 7 1/2 pound baby get out of her body by herself. If you haven’t witnessed childbirth, you can’t imagine…

  • Emphasis on the labor: 6 thoughts about Labor Day

    Emphasis on the labor: 6 thoughts about Labor Day

    What do we think of when we hear the word labor?  And what might those things have to do with Labor Day?  As we all kick back, eating hamburgers and drinking beer in that holiday vibe that says “one last hoorah” for summer, let’s keep a few things in mind. Labor as work.    We…