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Opps… Anybody got a shoe I can put in my mouth? Hope its not TMI :-/

Mothers are STRONG & Everyday is Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2012 | Leave a comment

Today is the day… determined by some legal decision of another date and time… that we celebrate Mother’s Day. I don’t know the origins of this day and honestly it doesn’t matter to me at this point. But if you want details about the history and origins of Mother’s Day… check out www.mothersdaycentral.com ;-)

In general, I feel about Mothers Day the same way I feel about other holidays… Often started with good intentions today they are so commercialized the real meaning is lost in the material bullshit.  Now I’m not saying I’m all bah humbug but I will admit my favorite holiday character is the Grinch LOL but I digress….

The bottom line is I believe people, love, faith, relationships and yes MOTHERS should be celebrated everyday not just once a year.  There was a time when I refused to celebrate mother’s day under the premise that I love my mother 365 days a year and a Hallmark card wasnt needed to make it so.  I think that time period kinda hurt my mothers feelings :-/

Today I gave my mother a card.  It was a basic card with an appropriate message and then of course I included my own little personal note.  I gave her this card and previous cards, not because I started believing mothers day really mattered but rather to remind myself how much SHE really mattered to me.

As I continue to watch my mother deal with the side affects of multiple myeloma, and its varying treatments, I am constantly reminded how precious each day is. I am amazed at my mother’s strength and at her continued commitment to excellence in life. My mother is a STRONG woman.  IMO… ALL mothers are strong. Even the ones society may deem weak or the ones considered “bad.” Becoming a mother is a miracle and Mothering is no easy task. Yes… ALL mothers are strong.

In my line of work, you really have a chance to get up close and personal with the strength of women. The strength of mothers.  In this work, you really understand the reality that everyday is indeed a great day to Birth Something Beautiful™. And as a result everyday is Mothers Day.

Today I salute my mother and the strong mothers everywhere.  Without you my passion would be nonexistent. Thank you for all that you are and all that you do. I pray that when I am blessed to become a mother I will be at least half as strong.

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Using My Phone to Blog

Posted on February 14, 2012 | 3 Comments

There are often things that cross my mind throughout my day that I want to share on this blog. I make a mental note and often a real pen to paper note about it and for a multitude of reasons the blog is never written and the information never shared. I decided today that I would try to blog from my phone ap. This is my first attempt. This post is not full of any particular words of wisdom. In fact its only a test… Yes this is a test… Not of the emergency broadcast system but of my ability to continue to lean new technology. This might be fun… This will definitely teach me to be efficient with my words… Which may help as I move to write this book…  It will also require more tolerance of typos… Whatever may come of it…. I can say today… This slide out keyboard may come in handy afterall.  #GiveThanks

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It’s YOUR Time: Women’s Health Week

Posted on May 9, 2011 | Leave a comment

Well who knew???  This week, May 8 – May 14th is National Women’s Health Week:

From the Office of the POTUS:

From the US Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health:

National Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. It brings together communities, businesses, government, health organizations, and other groups in an effort to promote women’s health. The theme for 2011 is “It’s Your Time.” National Women’s Health Week empowers women to make their health a top priority.

I love the theme “It’s YOUR Time.”

While pregnancy and birth are my passions, the reality is it every aspect of women’s health, how its dealt with, how we are educated about it and what we do with that education directly affects pregnancy outcomes.  Even information/research/education on something far from pregnancy i.e. menopause can affect pregnancy because you see… the culture and the attitude around women’s health, as well as the awareness of and education about women health issues are all intertwined and this includes pregnancy.

I encourage you to use this week to gain more knowledge/information about a topic specific to women’s health and of course use it as a time to make YOUR health a top priority.  Are you do for a physical, (ummmm kinda talking to myself here), a papsmear, a colonoscopy, or a mammogram “It’s Your Time.”   Have you been meaning to stop smoking, start working out or cut back on fast food?  ”It’s Your Time.”  What can you do THIS week to Make YOUR health a top priority?

ME??? My action step is to make two personal health appointments I have been putting off. (maybe 3… if you follow my tweets you may have noticed me complaining about my eyesight LOL)  This is my time and This is YOUR time. Take the time to take care of your health… cause if you are not healthy it makes it much more difficult to birth something beautiful!!

So do tell…. What’s going to be your action step this week?? :D

Blessings
Nicole

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Change your perspective…

Posted on November 1, 2010 | Leave a comment

We have all heard it many times before… Perspective is everything… it’s not what happens to us it’s how we respond to what happens…. the difference between a glass half empty and a glass half full is perspective…. and the list goes on….

I always love it when one of these age old adages slap me in the face in a very literal sense.  Not only does it help you with the one simple thing you may be dealing with it also reminds you of the bigger meaning and helps jolt you into new action.  This is exactly what happened to me this morning.

I am currently living in a temporary space and it has been a bit difficult for me to work/write because no matter where I sit, or where I put my computer, the space, the height, the angle is WRONG… I want a space for writing/working where I can watch a little television, if I want to, be connected to the internet via this stupid ethernet cable (can’t wait to get home and my wireless internet) and be able to sit in a reasonable comfortable position.

To date, I have tried different spaces none of which were perfect while each had their own merits.  Ultimately, the space that has worked “the best” and the space I have used the most has been the couch with my computer on the coffee table. Honestly though… this really has NOT been a great situation. The Ethernet cable hardly reaches and I am slouched over and uncomfortable. I have tried to move the television, and the attached internet connected cable box closer but it only helped me minimally. Then this morning I got a bright idea… how about I move the sofa AWAY from the wall and instead of struggling to bring the cable box closer to me I can move closer to IT.  I know I could have purchased a longer cable wire but I have done that more than once and have no need for an additional Ethernet cable in my possession.

Okay… I know…. I am thinking and doing way too much and going waaaayyyy too far with this but it just made me think… Why was I so connected to keeping the sofa where it was. Why didn’t I think about moving the sofa before now??? Who knows, but I am happy I decided to move it today!!  :-D Perspective…

Change your perspective and suddenly answers that you thought you didn’t have, vision that you are struggling to see, direction that you desperately need…  all of it… all of a sudden comes into view.

Where can you use a new perspective today? Lean to the side. Get a different view and a new perspective and MAKE it happen.  Get out there and Birth Something!!

Blessings!
Nicole SistaMidwife Deggins

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Random Rant – Vh1 Top 100 / PMS

Posted on October 17, 2010 | Leave a comment

Sitting here on a Saturday night watching Vh1′s – 100  Greatest Hip Hop Songs…

YES I know it’s an old ass show, (actually it’s from 2008 and I tuned in during the last 45 minutes… WHATEVER) but that’s how I roll. YES an old azz show… don’t judge me… just read me LOL

As I watch… I reminisce…   Push it… I get around… In da club… Baby got back… Straight Outta Compton… Get yo Freak on… I get around…  Rappers Delight… Fight the power… etc etc…

I tuned it late.  Can’t remember what number they were on when I tuned in but WONDERFUL!!!

Awww Lawd!!!  I sit here and I watched…. watchin… sippin…  crying…. laughing… reminiscing… things remembered… and so it is… I hate PMS

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