Infertility Survivors Finally Heard
Infertility and childless folks are all around us, but we rarely capture the spotlight or celebrate reunions, anniversaries and creative breakthroughs. Before I get into a powerful in-person reunion, I want to share a giveaway you won’t want to miss. Longtime bloggers, now friends, from LifeWithoutBaby contacted me. Indeed, Kismet! Their email led to several…
Typically, if you want to empty a room, simply say, “infertility.” It works like a charm. Trust me. Infertility realities, long time blog readers know, once dominated my waking and sleeping. Those who have walked in my shoes know well that infertility initially rips through your mind like a meteor. What was that? I might…
Anything You Lose. That’s the name of a timely documentary that puts infertility in the spotlight. This film opens minds and generates discussion. Furthermore, it’s earning awards of excellence and will have its North American premier in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 7. Chalk it up to kismet or mercury retrograde, but I reconnected recently…
Well, Hello there! It’s been a while, has it not? More than 7 months since my last post, to be exact. There’s quite a bit to catch up on, but I will save more of my personal news for a future post. First, I have a few important, timely items to share. Mark your calendars!…
Permission is a tricky thing. We frequently readily provide it to others but deny it to ourselves. That’s often because allowing ourselves freely to engage in activities such as sitting with our emotions can seem self-indulgent. But, in reality, it can be self-affirming. Reader Writes About Permission Denied It’s always gratifying to hear from new…
Women I could easily connect with or who effortlessly ‘got me’ and my complicated childless, ‘non-mom’ experience once felt elusive. That’s because during my 30s and well into my early 40s I learned some hard truths. You could say I was akin to an older Janis Ian. Modifying a few of her classic lyrics a…
Updated 1/2/2023: Covid 19’s impact on asthmatics is, in a word, awful. I’m now five weeks (and on day 38 of recovery ) into a variety of medications and devices. All are aimed to fight back and rid my lungs and sinuses of significant inflammation and congestion. Follow-on illnesses since contracting COVID over Thanksgiving? They…
Jennifer Aniston grabbed headlines again this week. This time the news focus wasn’t solely on her newest streaming series, the launch of a new product or a new film. It was Jennifer’s admission that she’d endured failed IVF and the “shitty” aftermath. I’m not gonna lie. I’m glad Jennifer Aniston has come clean here in…
Now more than ever, I’d like to focus on renewal. It feels overdue after three tumultuous years. In what feels like another lifetime, November 2019, I happily dove into a glass half-full. I looked ahead, joyfully, to a new decade. New academic and writing successes blossomed one after another. Travel plans fired my imagination. My…
Serenity amid tumult isn’t easy to find. Nature’s beauty reminds us to pause and breathe. This is one of a few peaceful scenes I captured on ‘sanity walks’ in Michigan last month. Grateful now to be home. Slowly unwinding … embracing the calm while it lasts.