Know that you are a midwife.

Know that this is just one step on a path that began when you started serving women.

No more, no less.

Be who you are and go on to become the midwife you are meant to be.

Never let someone else define you.

Not by tests, by paper, by legislation.

Serve women, serve babies, serve community.

That is the true test of a midwife.

-Shannon Mitchell