Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Two Days to Breathe

Two days.....it felt long, but of course, never long enough.



Two days to celebrate love.
(can you believe we didn't get a pic of the two of us?)

Two days to taste my first rabbit pie, pig's knuckle and boar sausage.

The Quebec Tasting Platter - the most meat I've eaten in my life


Two days to walk the blistering cold cobblestone streets of Old Quebec.



Two days to dive into a great book (The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, by Wayne Johnston)



Two days to read random poetry on poles... "chaque jour, une fleur" (every day, a flower)






Two days to breathe
though cold, catching breaths
let loose clouds of steam
that rise up and over the steeples
of the old city



Sunday, November 20, 2011

{Ottawa Doula} Fancy Free

The weekend was a long but joyful one, after welcoming a beautiful babe in the world after a marathon birth.

Doulas call births "marathons" when they require a full night, PLUS! These are the 24+ doozies that sock you a good one. Today has been my "hangover" day (another term we doulas use), when it feels very much like you drank 2 bottles of wine before hitting the hay.

In other news, the little birdies here at The Tweet are taking a bit of a vacation. An unexpected break between now and my next client has provided a window of opportunity - a chance to head to Toronto for a few days to visit with family and friends. We will then make our way further west to the little town of St. Thomas, ON, where we will celebrate an early Christmas with more family.

I fully expect to be immersed in this one-on-one time with my child and my loved ones, so you may not hear from me for a little while. However, if inspiration hits, a computer is never too far away.

Let it be.
So that I take what I know,
And see what I see
Along this path I want to be,
Full of joy and totally at ease
Breathing now, and fancy free.