To be a boulder in the river: worn smooth by the current flowing around it - steady, unmoving, solid footing over the hurried stream. Someday - many, many years from now - the waters will etch away this boulder into a memory, the river rushing onward, carving its path across the … Read More »
Hope
"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." (Desmond Tutu.) Revitalize your energy by focusing on positive, aspirational outcomes on your family building journey.
The Gift I Can’t Get My Husband… Yet.
I love giving gifts, to the point where I start to think very obsessively about not only the gift itself, but the gift recipient. I start thinking about all the little things I know about that person and how to make that gift the most relevant, awesome thing in their life right … Read More »
30 Moments of Gratitude & 1 Birthday Wish
I'm not normally one to get all excited for my birthday, but when it comes to milestone years, I get as giddy as a school girl. The Facebook and Twitter messages today have been overwhelmingly awesome. The flowers my parents sent me? A lovely surprise at my door this … Read More »
The Last Night of My Twenties: Musings on the Precipice of Youth
In just a few hours, I turn 30. I will spend this evening most likely doing a load of laundry, cleaning the kitchen, and changing the cats' litter. We're having leftovers for dinner. I might even have a beer. I know, I know - livin' the wild life over here. . . … Read More »
XOXO to the Someday Moms
Wishing everyone a wonderful Sunday. … Read More »
On the Path to Mother’s Day: Messages of Hope from Across the Bridge
Deep breaths. Tomorrow is Mother's Day, one of the many holiday landmines scattered across our calendars, as we gingerly step between days and weeks hoping to avoid an emotional explosion. I've had many different reflections of Mother's Day over the years. In 2009, right after … Read More »
Super Quick Post-Op Update
My hysteroscopy went well yesterday. Dr. Warmenfriendly did a fantastic job and the nursing staff at the facility were just incredible. I've never met such genuinely kind and attentive medical personel in my life. He went in to check on that fibroid, turns out I had a uterine … Read More »
I Am Whole, I Am Perfect, I Am Strong
Headed to the hospital in a little over an hour and a half. Had a very restless sleep last night, from the sound of the rain on the roof to fitful, strange dreams. I went to sleep listening to a beautiful, empowering belly and womb chant sent to me by my friend Natalie … Read More »
A Confluence of Motherhood This Mother’s Day
Mother's Day is this weekend. Bet that totally fell off your radars, right? Ha ha, just kidding. This date looms large on the calendar for practically every woman who's ever experienced infertility. Last year, Mother's Day hit me in the gut, this suckerpunch reminder of … Read More »
Advocacy Day 2012: Vignettes, Voices and Images
It was a longer trek than I thought from the Senate building to the Metro station and I was thankful that the weather had held up so beautifully. The sun was shining, the breeze tempering just the right amount of chill to dry the tiny beads of sweat forming along my eyebrows as … Read More »
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