My Life in Words & Pictures
*This post talks about the most recent events leading to IVF. These events happened in 2019. It was a sunny day in southern California. In June 2019, I sent the email. This was the inquiry about starting the process of IVF at Walter Reed in Bethesda, MD. Here I was 10 years after first contacting […]
When’s the best time to start having children? We’ve asked ourselves this question repeatedly. I bet you’ve asked yourself the same. We thought early in our marriage would be the perfect time. We’d grow together as a couple and grow together as parents. If you’ve read my previous blog posts, you know that journey hasn’t […]
If you haven’t already, make sure you go read my introduction to this childless life. If you’ve already read it, welcome back! Thank you for being here. Now, let’s get going. I wanted to give just a little background before going further. I was pregnant for the first time in 2000 and then again in […]
One of the questions I get asked a lot is why I don’t have children. It used to be asked of me almost daily but people now realize that there are different life choices. Being a mother seems like it should be a choice that any woman gets to make. It’s a given. Our bodies […]
Recently, a white pastor in Atlanta made a statement that slavery was a blessing to white people. As expected, this comment received a lot of attention and backlash. Honestly, I understand why he said it. After all, it was great for white people. It has continued to be great for white people. Can you imagine […]