August 2, 2023 #SaveDaraLuz Update! Community! THANK YOU for all of the generous contributions we have received in the past several weeks! On June 13th, we sent out our first letter to the community about our financial needs. To date, we have…

June 27, 2023 Save Dar a Luz! We need you NOW! While we are on track to meet our goal of $50,000 by the end of August (we have raised just shy of $7,500 over the first two weeks of this initial campaign!), we still have a long way to go. So…

By Nancy Anthony, NHTSA-Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician As you get ready for summer road trips and vacations, don’t forget to do a quick check up on your child’s car seat status. Is your child in the right seat? Babies grow…

by Laura Wood, Therapist, Blissborn Educator 2022, buh-bye. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. I hope you had a better year than that, but I’m betting between the daily challenges of life, and illnesses and worry and stress, this o…

by Nancy Anthony, Carseat Clinic Educator Let me start by just saying I love books. I love holding, smelling, reading, collecting, and sharing them. Real, paper and ink, turn-the-pages books. Some of my sweetest memories as a child, and as a…

by Tracy Cooper, Dar a Luz Receptionist As we kick off this holiday season, I wanted to share something I think about a lot… I’m sure we’ve all noticed that negative experiences tend to have a greater impact on us than positive ones. Thi…

by Laura Wood, LMSW, PMH-C, Dar a Luz On-Staff Therapist October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Trigger warning: this is a hard subject for many — miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss are discussed in this article. Each are a…

By Erica Deerinwater, Client Financial Specialist Pregnancy is about 40 weeks long on average, then add in labor and birth, 4 weeks of newborn care, 6-8 weeks of postpartum care at Dar a Luz… and we’re talking nearly a year of care! Dar a Luz…

by Meagan Morse, CNM, WHNP Over the last years of the pandemic, many (most? all?) of us have gone through times of isolation, when our webs of support felt sparse, and other moments where community emerged in new and unexpected ways. As many of u…

by Krystal Davis, BSN RN: Birth Assistant Over the last two years I have seen many “Take care of yourself” and “Do what fills your cup and eases your mind” signs and social media posts.  While I think the prompts to care for yourself…