A Love Note to My Two-Year-Old Twins for Their Birthday

I can't believe you are two years old.  In my wildest dreams, I never believed I could love anyone so completely and fully and madly and deeply. I'll tell you a little secret.  Remember when you were born?  That birth story was something.  But here's the thing, I'm glad you aren't little babies anymore. While I …

What happened when I stopped asking for permission

Maybe it was being all jacked up on hormones.  Maybe it was the devil science.  Maybe it was that my desire to start a family was so much stronger than what my priorities had been prior to that period of time.  I'm not sure what it was exactly, but there was a point in time …

Life after Infertility

Let's say you were told you couldn't have children. You were convinced it might not happen and you were open to adoption or other methods if it came to that.  But you had to try.  After being poked and prodded and hormoned up all over the place, you got pregnant.  And not just pregnant, but …