Midterms
Don't worry about me. I have lots to keep me distracted this week. . . .Read more from Midterms at Bio Girl
View ArticleThe 10 Commandments of Fashion
The 10 Commandments of Fashion . . .Read more from The 10 Commandments of Fashion at City Girl Can Survive
View ArticleOptimism Bias
I saw her today in the cafe on campus. I was slurping sipping tomato-basil soup, half reading my book, half watching a rerun of the new Dallas on the cafe television. She walked in and my stomach...
View ArticleHow Do You Know If You’re Ready to Have Children?
A friend of mine told me that she’s so excited for motherhood because she can’t wait for life to slow down. I’m not sure how she imagines parenting, but the last word I’d use to describe it is slow....
View ArticleThe Name Game
*Taking a study break for a little procrastination blogging about nothing at all deep, emotional or important. Enjoy* So back around Valentines Day we got a list of the kids in Henry's class. I had...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on the Surrogate, Crystal Kelley
If you haven't heard of the story about Crystal Kelley you can read it here. Basically, Crystal Kelley was the gestational carrier for a couple who was seeking to expand their family. . . .Read more...
View ArticleOral Sex Question
Something I’ve noticed, in the genre of women’s fiction, is that it is sorely lacking in amusing oral sex stories. Real women tell amusing oral sex stories to each other, and yet I haven’t found women...
View Articleadvocacy day - part 2
As some of you may have seen on my Facebook and Twitter pages (and right here on my blog, earlier last month), I am working with RESOLVE on this year's Advocacy Day - taking place on Wednesday, May 8....
View ArticlePerspectives on Parenting
Sometimes it's hard to know how I much I'm responding to something as a [typical] parent and how much I'm responding to something as the parent of a baby who died. I heard two stories on the radio...
View ArticleAnd What if This is Our Last Baby?
28 weeks pregnant with our son . . .Read more from And What if This is Our Last Baby? at Beth Morey: Finding beauty among the ashes
View ArticleSometimes Self-Care Looks Like Paint-Covered Hands
This week, I had a little bit of time to get paint on my hands. While our baby's night sleeps markedly improved overnight (thank you, God!), he's still mostly not napping. And by "mostly not napping" I...
View Article434th Friday Blog Roundup
I paid the Wolvog $5 to build me a pretty new website for all of my books. He subsidizes me because I pay for his computer classes and give him our old technology. Click on the picture below to go to...
View ArticleA Month Gone By
One Month. How can it have been that long already? . . .Read more from A Month Gone By at Bio Girl
View ArticleHeartbeats
Beyond the million other ways in which I have been blessed, I should also probably tell you that this little girl is a dream baby. . . .Read more from Heartbeats at Single Infertile Female
View ArticleBabies and partners: How to unite the two
I have to get better at finding the time to write – I miss it. It seems impossible during the day when it’s just me and the babe and weekends come and go so fast when Devon is home and I just want to...
View ArticleHotness Personified
A friend told me last night that the men in our lives are now actually impressed by this new endeavor of motherhood I have taken on. A fact which I couldn’t even argue with, as one of our guy friends...
View Article#584 You babysat your friend’s baby and you wanted to keep it
Never trust an infertile to babysit your child. She may want to keep it. Your friend, Mindy-Sue, asked you to look after her baby for the afternoon. You happily agreed and an hour later, you had a...
View ArticleLawn Chair Moments
that will stay with me forever. . . .Read more from Lawn Chair Moments at Rasta Less Traveled
View ArticleEight Months with Zuzu: This Is the Fun Part.
This past month has been crazy busy at work for both David and me. We've put our house on the market, received an offer, and started the negotiations and inspections and waiting games that are all...
View ArticleWord Minutiae
I have been going through a distracted phase. That’s a kind way of saying that I sit down at the computer with good intentions to get work done, and then start Googling things such as “Pitfall,...
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