Happiness is being a doula
This is small, but I wanted to share. I was having a pretty lousy day yesterday, sitting in our big comfy chair, reading to my girls and the phone rang. My daughter answered it as I was giving her the "don't answer, I don't want to talk" signal. I groaned as she handed me the phone, thinking, aaargghh, what now? It was my pregnant friend, also a doula, so excited for her first baby......asking me to be her doula! Wow. She knows 5 other fantastic doulas, and she asked me. She's a doula herself so she knows just what to look for, and she picked me. I am so honored and blessed. She's going to having an amazing birth, and I get to help. The day definitely ended so much better than it had begun. And I thought to myself, being a doula really and truly makes me so happy.
I hope being a doula makes you this happy too!
I love the prayer of St. Francis, "Lord, make me your instrument....." That's just what I feel like when I put on my "doula" t-shirt and grab my pink polka dot doula bag and head out the door....here I go, doing the blessed work God has given me. (I think about this when I hug my girls too.)
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Congratulations!!!
