Our common interest in child birth options was what brought us together, but that was just about where our similarities ended. From the beginning our differences far outweighed our similarities. We were scattered all over the globe, in Australia, the United States, Canada and (where was Vicki from?) We were SAHM, teachers, nurses, computer programmers, doulas, students, scientists and health care workers; we were Catholics, Mormons, Calvinists, Agnostics, Atheists and Pagans; we were Republicans and Conservatives and non-political; we had anywhere from no kids to 5; 20 years spanned our ages and we came from all socioeconomic classes.
We will not pretend that these differences never mattered. They absolutely did. We debated, we fought and feelings were hurt. Some left and came back and a few others left for good. But in spite of all this, or because of it, we also *learned* so much. These group was a veritable wealth of knowledge, as the saying goes. And love. And support. We saw each other through everything from cancer to marital strife, from career changes to the education of our children. We also saw each other through the mundane with tips on how to keep on top of the daily clutter, or how to keep things going in the bedroom, and even how to find ‘lost’ tampons.
This book has been a long time coming. We’re not sure if it will find an audience, or what we hope to accomplish with it. Maybe we just want it to bear witness to something that has meant so much to us all. At least, maybe it will be an entertaining read and at best, maybe it will provide some hope to the women who read it that they are not alone, despite being hundreds of miles from family and isolated in their home day after day, without the sisterhood that has sadly found its way from our culture. And maybe we can rediscover that sisterhood, in the way of the 21st century.
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