Best of luck in setting “g”goals. Sometimes I think it’s the small successes that mean the most to me in the long run. Those “G”goals are nice, but the little “g”s make the world go round.

Good luck.

I like the idea of small-g goals. I also like the idea of letting go of the victim stance, of the jealousy, of the unhappiness with what I do have. Blogger Ninja Poodles just wrote a “perfect post” that addresses some of the things you and all of us go through. Maybe reading it will make you feel a bit better.

It does not solve any problems, but it does offer clues to happiness. I’ve printed it out and I read it every hour or so.

http://ninjapoodles.blogspot.com/2008/04/dear-child-dont-be-hater.html

and Notes to Self expanded on it, or rather, applied it to herself:
http://www.notestoself.us/2008/04/prt-porter.html

Hang in there.

It seems to me there’s a crying need for birth advocates who are also strong writers - to fight for midwives as well as birthing women, and for humane birthing centers, and against terrible institutions and practices.

But I am confident you’ll find your own path, and that it will turn out to have been exactly the right one all along.