I am a blessed mother of 4 children, 3 of which are already grown up and on their own. Luckily, that leaves one 20-year old who is attending college and comes home a few weekends now and then or I would be dealing with the "empty nest syndrome"! I am a nana of three beautiful children, 3 y.o. Timothy, and 18month old, Remy, and my newest granddaughter Arianna is 3 months old. I have been married for 34 years to a farm boy, antique dealer, Mark. We have lived in a 3rd generation family owned farm house in a little town in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania, where Amish buggies are everywhere. What takes me to Australia you might be thinking. Well besides it being a beautiful country, my oldest daughter married a wonderful Australian 7 1/2 years ago and she and her hubby are living in Queensland. I decided to become a DONA International birth doula trainer so I could also bring this International organization to Australia and other countries and do trainings in the USA. I love conducting workshops and look forward to teaching these workshops! I have met many beautiful people in my workshops whom I am now proud to call my friends! I have been a doula for 15 years, a certified postpartum doula as of just over three years, a certifier for DONA 15 years, a Childbirth educator at our local hospital for 8 years, an approved DONA birth doula trainer for 6 years, a massage therapist for 8 years. I just became certified as a an Infant massage Instructor! Also just became a Moby Wrap distributor! go to www.mobywrap.com to check out the wraps! I feel blessed to have been taught by Penny Simkin, (One of the founders of DONA), Kathy McGrath, my mentor, and Polly Perez.