The restaurant evoked images of what I suspect Tuscany feels like. The sunlight splashed across the tables at midday and the diners on this particular Friday in late summer were lively and noisy — except&hellip
Degrees of Infertility
Brangelina “Not Defective,” Just Impatient is All
Enough! Give me back the gossip magazines of old. Where’s Bjork? I want Thelma and Louise! I long for days when fashion snafus on the red carpet and stars on their exotic vacations filled the&hellip
It’s the Little Things That Make All the Difference
We can never take away someone else’s pain, but we can certainly help to dull the edges. Now visiting my niece and nephew in Ireland, I see just how hard it is to want for&hellip
Stuck in a Thought Bubble
I’ll take a long weekend over a short weekend any time, but I have to guard against the “too much time to think” affliction. When I get to mulling over an idea I can do&hellip
A Belief in a Just World? Ah! That’s Why Fertiles Don’t Care
I’ve been mulling over an idea sparked by the work of social psychologist Melvin Lerner. Mr. Lerner’s work surfaced in a recent New York Times piece. Curiously, the article had nothing whatsoever to do with&hellip
Heir and a Spare In a New Light
I can’t help but wonder if there will ever come a day when the shadow of infertility doesn’t follow me wherever I go. I get that there’s always going to be a pregnant woman or&hellip
Sign, Sign, Everywhere A Sign…
Just a brief post as I start my last full day in Berlin. Now for those curious about whether I took a holiday from the whole infertility thing, that was certainly my intent. So many&hellip
Stream of Consciousness
Random thoughts as they’ve taken shape in my head this week (updated below): Why does JLo defensively make the point that no fertility treatments were used in the conception of her twins?She certainly wouldn’t be&hellip
Three Girls And One Powerful Memory
The first has a pageboy haircut and the defiant attitude expected of a little girl with two older brothers. The second has the natural curiosity and disposition of a leader that comes with being the&hellip
Hanging Out in Infertility Rehab
There is not, to my knowledge, a 12-step process for getting the upper hand with Infertility. So I guess that leaves me no choice but to make one up. Acknowledge that you can’t get pregnant&hellip
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