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Your Voices + Stories

Parenting With PCOS
Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! Parenting … Read More »

Decline With Regrets—But With Health Intact
During the holidays, our boundary-buttons are pushed to the max. While your inner voice may be screaming “Hell no! I don’t … Read More »

This Year
December can feel like such a colossal failure when you're trying to start a family. You begin the year hoping that by … Read More »

The Life and Times of a PCOS Poster Girl
Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! The Life … Read More »

A PCOS Diagnosis Before Prom
Welcome to the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month! A PCOS … Read More »

Trusting Your Inner Compass
There’s an old proverb: "the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." But what if physically taking even that … Read More »
From the Blog
Spring Awakening and Replanting Roots
I'm officially out of hibernation, and, I might joyously add, so are many of my fellow bloggers in recent days. I'm tired of living with survivor's guilt. I am wildly, wonderfully happy to be a mother. Having my son only further articulates that … Read More »
A Letter to My 18-Year Old Self
Dear 18-year old Keiko, It's early November 2000. You're swamped with school work; you're already reconsidering the major you came in with (music ed/vocal performance) and you're euphoric that you and Larry got back together just over a month … Read More »
House hunting, volunteering, and 2 blogs you should read now
This post is a whole mishmash of stuff. The house hunt continues, although things just got interesting with the house we made an offer on two weeks ago. They had their open house on Sunday, but no takers. Our agent talked with their agent and thinks … Read More »
A Celebratory 100th Post
I can't believe this crept up on me so fast. I can't believe I've written 100 posts since March... nuts. (Although really, this isn't shocking; the LiveJournal I kept for years amassed almost 1200 entries in about 4 years.) In celebration of this … Read More »

