|
Our Charis Family
Marilyn Garman
Marilyn and Ava
My name is
Marilyn Garman. I grew up in the rural parts of
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, nestled between
woods and farmland. Growing up I had a love for
children and had all my wishes to help care for them
granted as my family started doing foster care when
I was 6 years old. I enjoyed all the duties that
came with it. As a child I always dreamed of being a
nurse and serving others helping them to get better.
Later in my local church youth group I met this
amazing guy. And he was the love of my life and I
married him.
Henry has been my amazing husband for 15 years and
we have 5 children. One is safe in heaven. As a
mother I have often said there needs to be more
support for mothers. Being a mother is the hardest
yet most rewarding job. After meeting a friend and
catching up on the latest in our lives I asked her
what was new in her life. She told me that she was
schooling to be a certified doula . Instantly my
spirit leapt and I knew someday that is what I
wanted to do. Putting that dream on a shelf for a
later time I kept being a wife and mother.
At the birth of my third child I had a nurse that
was a former homebirth midwife assistant and she was
amazing. She cared for me in such a caring, tender
way. That was my best and most empowering birth
experience. That day another little seed was planted
in my heart. I wanted to see more women experience
what I had just experienced.
I feel honored to be in the Charis Childbirth birth
doula course. And I want to be the hands and feet of
Jesus to mothers in labor.
Some random facts about me and my family:
Hobbies – we enjoy camping and biking together as a
family
Children Akeem 12 years old – Alivia 9 years old –
Alexa 6 years old and Ava 2 ½ years old and Baby
Casey burst through the gates of heaven in Feb 2014.
Photography by Esther Sensenig
|
'Behold, I will
bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of
the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child and The one who labors with child, together,
A
great throng shall return there...And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the LORD.'
Jeremiah 31:8, 14
~~~
©2017 Charis Childbirth
Services, All Rights Reserved
Feel free to forward this newsletter to friends in its entirety,
leaving all attribution intact.
October 2017
