These snippets of fiction are written to help spread the word about our campaign #MarchWithMidwives 2022. I hope to paint a picture of how the absence of maternity care universally available, free at the point of contact, is so important. I hope to show how crucial midwives who are truly autonomous, Continue Reading
Shame and Blame in the Birth Game: Part 2
'I have failed.' I hear it almost every day. It's women who whisper this. Men don't. Men say, 'I was robbed', 'It wasn't fair', 'There wasn't enough time', 'Ah well, that's just the way it is.' Our bodies are branded. Labelled and judged: “Failure to progress” "Incompetent" "Lack of Continue Reading
Mindful Walking
What do I take from this place, this time? A pebble, a snail shell, a flower, a fern. A catharsis, an unravelling, A peeling, an untying of knots. I leave my mark: a footstep on the hill, On the path to the lake, All fear floating, trembling and tumbling Over the watery rocks. Each step Continue Reading
This Is The Way I Pray
Toes, feet, ankles, calves, knees, thighs. Salty water, cold as ice, brooding skies. Breathe, breathe, breath is blooming, I am NOW, this moment all consuming. Alive. I am alive. In this breath, In this beating of my heart, In this pumping of my blood, I am here, I am now, I Continue Reading
The eye is the lamp of your body
What did I not want to see, inside of me? What weeds grew, unnoticed, in fallow ground? What was pressed down into the soil of my soul? What seeds took root in the darkest crevises? What shoots twisted up towards the light? What spores grew in my muddy insides? Was it anger, self loathing? Continue Reading
All is Love Unembellished
At the end of another "unprecedented year", I am reflecting on all the chaos and fear. The end is nigh, they say - earth's gonna burn If humanity can't see this lesson to learn. And yet we continue: daily rhythms and routines Love and laughter, joy and grief - all that life means. My year Continue Reading