Wow what a year this has been for me! Some of the highlights-I celebrated a year tumor free, I graduated from grad school and fulfilled my dream of becoming a midwife, I got my first (dream) job. Life has been pretty awesome in 2013 and I hate to see it go. My big plans for tonight are to enjoy a nice glass or 2 of champagne to celebrate and rest up because the final countdown has begun. After what seems like forever, our clinic is finally opening next Tuesday. I have a host of emotions running rampant the two biggest of course being excitement and nervousness. There hasn't been much time to focus on those emotions though.
Our poor little clinic has had its fair share of ups and downs. I'm disappointed at some of the cattiness that has gone on from some of our competitors. I've chosen to take the high road but I must say its hard. We haven't opened our doors and yet it seems as though there are people out there looking to sabotage it. It's really sad because at the end of the day, our main focus should always be on the women we serve. Adding our practice is just another option for women of our community to get the type of care they want and deserve. That someone would undermine that with gossip and malice is doing those women a disservice.
Nevertheless, we are moving forward. We're opening our doors with scheduled patients and I can't wait to see our growth over this next year. I hope you all will continue to follow me on this journey and that you're just as excited as I am for whats to come over these next 12 months. See you in 2014!
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
The life and times of a frustrated (but optomistic) midwife...
I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving! I spent my first holiday without any family and we managed to survive. I cooked...no smoke alarms went off and my house is still standing...I call that a success!
Since my last post there have been a lot of ups and downs in regards to our new practice. Some days I've been frustrated beyond belief. We still haven't opened-our opening date has been pushed back a few times for various reasons. But in my quest to keep a resolution I made for 2013 I've stayed as positive as I possibly can. I know that we will be successful. We have all kinds of really great people backing us. And this is a great learning experience for this newbie. After everything I've been through over the past 5 years I'm just grateful to finally have the opportunity to do what I've dreamed about for so long. And it isn't all bad news. I finally have my license, after being held up by the government shutdown. I'm hoping to be fully credentialed and privileged next week (it comes with a shiny blue sticker that lets me park with the doctors). Both of these have been my biggest headache over the past couple of months so its nice to be stepping into the light at the end of this very long tunnel.
My poor little man is finally adjusting to the move. He had a tough transition after he started school. I found out that the kids at his school were calling him the "brown kid" and teasing him. These are 6 and 7 year old children mind you. I'm never surprised at the things adults say but I have to say I didn't know that children could be so close minded at such a young age. I've always taught my son to look beyond the outside and get to know people for who they are. It is the most helpless feeling to keep teaching love and acceptance when what I really wanted to do was give him a few lessons on how to smack down the little heathens giving him grief. Over the past few weeks I've watched his interactions with the kids now and its my hope that he is teaching them just through his actions about tolerance and acceptance.
Anyway that's my latest update. As we slide into the holidays I hope you all are spending it with the people you love and cherishing your time with family and friends.
Since my last post there have been a lot of ups and downs in regards to our new practice. Some days I've been frustrated beyond belief. We still haven't opened-our opening date has been pushed back a few times for various reasons. But in my quest to keep a resolution I made for 2013 I've stayed as positive as I possibly can. I know that we will be successful. We have all kinds of really great people backing us. And this is a great learning experience for this newbie. After everything I've been through over the past 5 years I'm just grateful to finally have the opportunity to do what I've dreamed about for so long. And it isn't all bad news. I finally have my license, after being held up by the government shutdown. I'm hoping to be fully credentialed and privileged next week (it comes with a shiny blue sticker that lets me park with the doctors). Both of these have been my biggest headache over the past couple of months so its nice to be stepping into the light at the end of this very long tunnel.
My poor little man is finally adjusting to the move. He had a tough transition after he started school. I found out that the kids at his school were calling him the "brown kid" and teasing him. These are 6 and 7 year old children mind you. I'm never surprised at the things adults say but I have to say I didn't know that children could be so close minded at such a young age. I've always taught my son to look beyond the outside and get to know people for who they are. It is the most helpless feeling to keep teaching love and acceptance when what I really wanted to do was give him a few lessons on how to smack down the little heathens giving him grief. Over the past few weeks I've watched his interactions with the kids now and its my hope that he is teaching them just through his actions about tolerance and acceptance.
Anyway that's my latest update. As we slide into the holidays I hope you all are spending it with the people you love and cherishing your time with family and friends.
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