Essays and Writings

Bag O' Tricks

I went shopping to purchase items for my doula bag yesterday. My goal? To gather all the items I might need to assist a woman and her husband while she labors, in a traveling tote. My trip around the store went something like this:

I couldn't help but chuckle as I wove my way throughout nearly every department in the store. They say being a doula is about mothering the mother. Of this, I have no doubt. My Mary Poppins-ish bag is just further evidence. A little bit of this. A little bit of that. All these seemingly unrelated items, pulled together with a dose of creativity, ingenuity, and thrift. Add in compassion and caring, and you have the very definition of motherhood.