Hailey Rank
Welcome all things me!
I am so many different things, and underneath it all, my mission on earth is to spread joy. No matter what channel, profession, hobby, it's to spread joy, yours and mine.
Beauty
When I was pregnant with my daughter, my skin began rejecting all of my previously loved skin care products. It was reactive and angry, until one Florida fall day, not super cold, and a little hot with the sun shining, a friend of mine gave me a few little samples of products that would unveil the beauty I used to feel. I was hooked. My skin drank up the hydration of the moisturizer. It wasn't until I was going through old pictures that I really noticed how big of a difference there was in a few months.
My skin was not red and angry, it was hydrated and glowing, and while I have learned to love makeup and sharing it, I felt confident without it again.
Birth
My first pregnancy, I was nervous. I didn't feel scared exactly, but I was nervous. Even though I had read all of the books, well put a dent in many, nothing makes you feel like you know what you're doing with birth until you do it, and then parenthood gives you the reminder that everything is still a learning experience. I still remember looking at my doula-who-didn't-intend-to-be-my-doula's shirt. Failure is not an option. All I wanted to do was quit but then I read that shirt, or I felt a calm hand on my brow, and I knew I could do it.
Or the time I barked at my mom about her phone in my face right when my son was born, and now that blurry cell phone picture is my favorite picture. Now I get to take pictures and support families on their baby's birth-day, all the time.
(the picture here is taken by Diana Hirsch though)
Family & Community
Throughout every one of my passions, family and community are woven throughout.
I remember the moment I registered my LLC. The world had literally just locked down and I was worried it wasn't the right time, but quickly shut that out because the calling of my heart was bigger than that fear. March 26 2020 my business Diamond Doulas was born. It's in the name. There was always supposed to be a team.
When I found my community of moms in Tampa Bay, it felt like home. Being supported by people on your wavelength is the bees knees.
Surprisingly enough social media has been a great way to connect and grow those communities.