Today afforded me a surreal and unexpected appreciation and altogether different interpretation of one of my favorite poems, The Road Not Taken, by Robert Frost. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I&hellip
Monthly Archives For May 2007
Going One Better Than Humpty Dumpty
One of my favorite fantasies while we were trying to conceive was imagining my son or daughter snuggled up next to me on the sofa while we read and explored new stories. Oh, the nursery&hellip
The Time Warp
Everyone who finds themselves assigned to the Infertility Home Room dreams of the day they’ll graduate. News of our assignment turns our worlds upside down. The ignominy hits us hard. We wonder about the mysterious&hellip
It’s Time to Remove the Stigma Associated with Infertility
Kudos to our friends in Canada. In a move to raise awareness and pull infertility out of the closet, the Infertility Awareness Association of Canada has declared this coming week Canadian Infertility Awareness Week. The&hellip
Who Am I and What Am I Going to Do Now?
I’m following up on a meme tag from Sharah (thank you, Sharah, for the opportunity). The rules are as follows: first, I write a bit about who I am — eight things to be exact. &hellip
Sitting Down in Support
Are you sitting down? Good. Because you’ll really like this story (and the act of sitting is a symbolic one). When we arrived for dinner yesterday with our friends, the hostess had a news clipping&hellip
A Dickensian Visit by the Ghosts of Mother’s Day Past, Present and Future
I was going to avoid posting today for all of the obvious reasons, but as I lay in bed this morning trying hard not to remember that it was Mother’s Day, I found myself mulling&hellip
Field Research: In Search of The Non-Moms
We all define ourselves differently. Some of us become one with our occupations: doctor, lawyer, teacher or artist. Others define themselves by age, religion, location or political persuasion. Still others by relationships. Whether intentional or&hellip
How to Clear a Room: Mention Infertility
I was at a conference this past week where one of the sessions concerned social media tools. I was in the minority of people who raised a hand to the question, “who has a blog?”&hellip
Deciding When Enough is Enough with IVF
There are generally three categories of couples in the infertility world: those considering treatment; those actively engaged in treatment; and those who grudgingly realize that they’ve reached the end of the road and cease IVF&hellip
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