There are certain conversations that take place on a fairly routine basis, with some variations, but the theme is the same. I’m never quite sure how to react. Sometimes I shrug them off. Sometimes I blurt out too many truths. Sometimes I just get really sad and quiet. Today I’m ranting on my blog. So, [...]
July 26th, 2008 | Tricia | 23 comments | ContinuedInfertility
Why Attack Instead of Seek to Understand: The Drama of Infertility
Can someone please explain this to me? Are we developing into a society of heartless morons? Is it the majority or the minority that refuses to learn how to agree to disagree without going for the jugular? Does it feel better to purposefully hurt someone than it does to try to understand?
Recently The New York [...]
Turn the Car Around. We’re Having a Baby
It’s time to go home. Dogs in their kennels, child in his seat, cooler packed and engine started. It was 5 a.m. and we were literally waving goodbye when my brother-in-law called. My sister was in labor and had been at the hospital through the night.
“Well,” I thought. “This could still take a long time. [...]
Baby Choices & My Internal Bitch
I was parked outside the nail salon hoping to tame my oh-so-embarrassing cuticles and chatting on the phone with my five-months-pregnant sister when I felt that familiar catch in my throat. I knew I had to hang up before I turned into a babbling mess of mascara.
She spent the day before registering for baby gifts [...]




