With Love from Idaho

How is David surviving the Great Cicada Invasion of '24? While a horde of insects invading our home town, why is Tara far away in a Boise birth center? While we've been busy teaching and training in different states this week, we invite you to join us on a call as we check in with each other and compare our parenting responses to our daughter's epic Amtrak adventure.

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Picture of actual cicadas in our back yard. Now imagine one million of them flying around your head. Fun fact: cicada noise levels have been measured at up to 105 decibels.

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produced by Zach Van Dyke

Cicada emerging from exoskeleton. Our trees were covered in these.

Cicada right after emergence.

They’re everywhere….

Amy, Connie, & Tara talking birth in the Tennessee mountains. Connie led us in ICEA doula & childbirth educator training workshops.

Tara & Amy learning so much at a 4-day workshop with Mercy in Action: “Strategic Education toward Improving Maternal/Child Health in Developing Countries.”