Thanks to a lovely student of mine, Angie, I am enjoying a delicious glass of ice cold tea.  This is no regular tea, though.  It’s Mint and Lemon Tea!

My last birthing class was a really fun group and one couple was organic farmers of Pete’s Sake Farm in Lexington.  They were a sweet couple that brought much fun to the class and also brought plants!  Each week we would all discuss our current gardens, swapping stories and sharing tips and recipes. One week, to our surprise, Angie and Mike had brought us all a big flat of plants: heirloom tomatoes such as Pineapple and Black Krim, Roma and more.  She also gave us three variations of basil: Holy Basil, Lemon and Regular.

It’s been so fun to add these beautiful plants to my small garden and watch them grow, remembering this wonderful couple and all the zest that they have for life and the great respect that they have for their earth.

Tonight, thanks to some Sweet Basil and Lemon Basil, I hosted a small dinner party with my parents with ice cold black tea infused with Lemon Basil and my own peppermint leaves alongside homemade toasted bread with a slice of freshly picked tomatoes, a sliver of Holy Basil and mozarella.  It was divine!

Thanks to my beautiful students for bringing more to my life than I’m sure that I could ever bring to theirs.  Each birth journey that I am invited to participate in, whether during pregnancy as the childbirth educator or in labor as the doula brings me a slice of heaven here on earth.

In short…I LOVE my job!  Thanks to my students and mamas for making my life so much richer… and my tea that much sweeter!