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To become whole, first let yourself be broken.
I ran across the above quote today and have decided that it perfectly fits where my life is right now. I am trying so badly to accept what I have been through, and remember that everything happens for...
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For auld lang syne.
2011 has been a year full of ups and downs. Unfortunately, most of the “ups” of the year have been grossly overshadowed by one significant “down.” Needless to say, I was thankful to put 2011 to bed and...
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Glory.
The past few days, the gossip sites have been abuzz with the news of Beyonce and Jay-Z’s new baby, Blue Ivy Carter. I really don’t understand why celebrities can’t just give their kids normal names,...
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Try again.
On Friday, I finally got what I had waited 68 days for: the start of my period. It’s bittersweet, really. On the one hand, I was practically doing flips, I was so excited. FINALLY, my body was on its...
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The biggest loser.
One of the hardest parts of dealing with a miscarriage is feeling the need to justify your grief. As I’ve mentioned previously, our society treats miscarriage as a taboo topic. One in four pregnant...
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A better mother.
I came across this today and it brought tears to my eyes. Simply beautiful. There are women that become mothers without effort, without thought, without patience or loss and though they are good...
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Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.
This wasn’t our cycle. I am not pregnant. I’ll admit, I took it really hard at first. Really hard. I know it was naive of me to think it could happen on the first try again, but a big part of me...
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How do you measure, measure a year?
Right now RENT is playing at the 5th Avenue Theater, so I have been seeing references to this song everywhere lately. This morning I realized that a week from tomorrow will be a full year from when we...
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Same love.
Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled DOMA (defense of marriage act) unconstitutional, forcing the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages in states where it is legal. I’ve always been a...
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Beam me up.
Yesterday I had my surgery. I learned after the fact that they ended up doing a D&E instead of a D&C because of how big the baby was. It’s a similar procedure, but involves dilating the cervix...
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