Things I’ve learned on my TTC journey: 1. Everyone isn’t meant to be included in your pain. Telling people what you are going through can backfire. No joke, I’ve had two family members try and give me their grand kids because they felt that their daughter’s weren’t ready.It can also backfire because then everytime you …
Can we talk? This weekend was rough.Is there such a thing as ttc loneliness? The longing for an heir, a mini-me, a piece of wonder to share all your “mommy thoughts” with,…can that feeling cause a different kind of loneliness? If it can, then that’s what this weekend was like. Sometimes, being the aunt and …
So, my husband and I have tiptoed through “the talk”. The adoption/fostering/childless by choice talk that most reproductively challenged families eventually gauge during their journey. I didn’t want to have the talk. Seriously. I have always wanted to give a home to a child in foster care or in need of adoption, since I was …
I just don’t trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn’t die. – Mr. Garrison – South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut For me personally, this entire situation sometimes really just pisses me off. I could write a frilly note on how it is frustrating, but more women go through it than myself and …
So, I belong to the best online community in the world, ChocolateBrides.com(stop on by, we’d love to have you). CB is the place where I learned how common this battle truly is and have received more support and information than I even think I was ready to get. Recently, there was a discussion titled “For …
…because sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying. 20. I can drink as much as I want.19. I don’t have to cut up anyone else’s chicken tenders at the dinner table.18. I can go on vacation and only be responsible for myself.17. I don’t have to pay for babysitting.16. Baby clothes can be …
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