That ultrasound photo with a due date status from a high school acquaintance on Facebook.
The dear friend who’s been encountering fertility issues who confides in you that she’s pregnant.
The new “I’m so glad we’re parents together” wedding anniversary cards.
The wedding ceremony that wishes a bounty of children on the new married couple.
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September 11, 2001: I was a sophomore in college. The one morning I didn’t turn on the TV. I went to class, blissfully unaware, and took an exam. I didn’t know a thing until almost 11am. By then, the Twin Towers were gone.
I’ve written about my memories [...]
You Asked, I Answer: Infertility Questions
Yesterday I answered all of the Fun and Deep Questions from my little Formspring experiment. I got a lot of questions related very specifically to infertility and our journey, so I wanted to give those answers their very own (very [...]
You Asked, I Answer: Fun and Deep Stuff
Thank you to everyone who submitted a question to my Formspring this week! This has been a really neat experience. I’ll keep this intro short, as you all asked me a ton of great questions. So many, in fact, I need to break all my answers down into two posts. Today, I’ll answer the Fun [...]
Sometimes it’s hard to believe I’ve been living with infertility for over two years. The anniversary date of my diagnosis holds some prominence for me each year; it’s the rest of the days in between that feel like a blur, emotions from either of the extreme [...]
Of course, you’re my only niece… but still. Uncle Larry and I are so excited to see you grow from the tiny baby we saw on the day you were born into a lovely young woman. I can’t believe it’s been a year since you were born. I’ll see you in just a few hours, but while [...]
A colleague of mine, a parent through adoption, shared a beautiful story of a friend of hers who decided to tell their child they were conceived using donor gametes. I want to share this with you for two reasons: 1) it’s such an original way of disclosing to children about their donor origins and 2) [...]
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