Being a single mom made it difficult for me to find opportunities to gain homebirth experience with local midwives. I wasn’t willing to be on call day and night and leave my daughter with friends for an unknown amount of time. I fell in love with midwifery during my daughter’s homebirth because it brought us together in love, and I wasn’t going to let my love of midwifery keep up apart. When my daughter turned ten and we were ready to spend some time apart, I made plans to work at Casa for five weeks. While at Casa I was able to work hard and focus my attention on learning midwifery. Five weeks of living and working at Casa taught me more about myself and midwifery than five years in a homebirth practice ever could. I learned something from each of the seven midwives I had the opportunity to work with as well as the interns, birth center staff, and families. Currently I’m a nursing student at Humbodt State University, and I feel that my work at Casa taught me about caring for client’s physical and emotional needs than all the years I spent working in hospitals. I look forward to returning to Casa over the holiday season and next summer so I can keep up the midwifery skills I learned. Please feel free to call or e-mail me.