When your soul aches for a child, there is little soothing that can be done. The path of infertility can be daunting and cruel with no guarantee of a happy ending.
I Am Lucky: Motherhood after Infertility
My journey to my girl and boy, however, did not feel lucky at the time.
All in Time
I was 19 when my father walked me down the aisle. In my head, I knew exactly how things would go.
Waiting to Become a Mama for Real
By Colleen Kaleda. We’ve already legally adopted our kids. Yet our son and daughter remain in their orphanage.
Mommy, I Want Another Baby
By Deborah Cruz. My 5-year-old asked me a simple question as she lay on my stomach and I read her a bedtime story, “Mommy is there another baby in your tummy?”
I Wish I Could Say Getting An IUD In The Waning Days Of Obama Was An Act Of Resistance. It Wasn’t.
It seemed fitting that I close up shop, reproductively speaking, in the days before Donald Trump’s inauguration.
What Is Your Life Story?
It’s hard to describe what it’s like holding your child as they die in your arms.
Make Me Babies
We’re not quite ready for another one yet. So I made a virtual baby instead.
I Wish I Could Say Getting An IUD In The Waning Days Of Obama Was An Act Of Resistance. It Wasn’t.
It seemed fitting that I close up shop, reproductively speaking, in the days before Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Rainy Day Gratitude
It is on those rainy days, when the house feels too small and the hours are passing too slowly, and the daily struggles feel larger than usual, that I make a point to stop and look at my son and relish in his mop of blonde hair and his big, bright blue eyes and I remind myself of the heartache and pain we once felt in our journey to get him, and my heart fills with a rush of gratitude.
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