Finding a creative way to "do thoughtful things for others", was/is hard. When you're feeling least like yourself and uncomfortable in your skin, it is actually the least of your concerns. I understand. Though, if we're being honest I gotta tell you, it helps.
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The idea of being told to take comfort, when clearly all the alarms are ringing, feels like insanity. But then I started to really focus on the words. TAKE comfort.
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No Comments You can do everything right, and still end up with less than you hoped for. But who's to say that isn't perfectly alright?
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No Comments Some things on my mind today. You may or may not agree or like them. But then...this is my blog, right? Right.
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The great IF can be extremely lonely. Even for those of us fortunate enough to have a supportive partner or spouse, it can often feel like one of the most isolating experiences one has ever had the misfortune of enduring. For my husband and I, it sometimes became more divisive when we were actively “trying” than when we were casually planning. He felt like I was obsessing, and I felt [...]
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1 Comment So, when I originally became a member of the embattled, tough girls of infertility lifestyle, I thought the best way to make myself strong, was to completely act un-phased by things that were the cliche discomforts for infertile women. The textbook cases of teen -pregnancy haters, bitter stepmothers, and weepy weak women who couldn’t bare to lay eyes on children until they had their own. I was so busy avoiding [...]
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3 Comments What has infertility tried to rob you of? It may be time to grab a bag and go gather your things.
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2 Comments It’s been so long since I’ve had a plan, that I’m not even sure how to execute one anymore. LOL I believe I’ve come to an actual decision about where to go from here. My mind was jumbled and it was leading me down that dark alleyway we call depression. Anyone who has stepped foot into the IF arena knows that depression is counterproductive to say the least. In trying [...]
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6 Comments The transparency for which this blog has gained its momentum is not as easy a feat to uphold as some may think. It is dreadfully hard for me to decide what to share boldly, and what to let fester in the corners of my mind for fear that I'll run you guys all away.
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1 Comment As usual, I'm looking at something that has nothing to do with infertility when something drives itself home. This time, it was Tyler Perry's newest play "Madea's Big Happy Family".
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13 Comments I don't know that pregnant women understand the work that goes into trying to be genuinely happy for them sometimes. We stifle all our feelings and sadness trying to do our best to put on a happy face and think about the bigger picture. Then they go and %$& it up by being jerks about the whole thing.
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No Comments This experience has been a sky-dive with a parachute that has a small hole in it. LOL I dip and fall and coast and float and scream, and smile, and yell....but for the amount of women I get to help...I wouldn't trade it. At all.
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