The Struggle Is Real
After recently reading a good friends honest truth, I decided I need to share mine. I’m struggling. I’m not seeing happiness in things I normally do. I’m not enjoying the simple things in life. I’m...
View ArticleI’ve Been So Worried About You
I randomly bumped into someone recently, someone I used to work with on a volunteer committee, but not someone that I was particularly close to. I saw him, and he instantly got up from what he was...
View ArticleMemories of 21 Years Ago – The Unexpected Hardest Anniversary of My Life
This weekend marked 21 years since someone missed a stop sign and completely changed life as I knew it. This anniversary unexpectedly turned into the hardest anniversaries I can remember. You see, on...
View ArticlePermanent Birth Control: Decision Made
Well, we made a decision, as a couple, regarding permanent birth control. (Before I dive into it, I want to take a quick moment to thank everyone who provided their words of encouragement and advice...
View ArticleShattered Reality
Every time we go visit Mr. MPB’s family, we always stop to see my Great Aunt and Uncle. Without a doubt, we always make time to visit these two people, so in amongst the crazy that was our no sleep...
View ArticleLacking Focus
I realize that I’m lacking focus at the moment. In fact, I think I’ve been lacking focus for most of the month of August If I’m honest, I know I have been functioning in a different space since our...
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Writing Is My Therapy
As I worked through all my emotions last week, I also happened to hurt my foot enough that I could no longer put any weight on it. (I should have known to stop running, yet I figured it couldn’t be...
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Time Doesn’t Stand Still
This werk I have realized that time doesn’t stand still. I think back to this day 20 years ago, and it sure felt like time stopped. My entire family except me had left for a social event. I was...
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The Power of Words
I am a strong individual, I pride myself on being resilient. I’ve survived more then my fair share of unfortunate events in my life, and I just dig deeper and keep going. I also pride myself on being...
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An Unexpected Death
My old boss unexpectedly died. My old boss gave me a lot of lessons in life. 2 weeks into my job he told me I was useless and he had no value for me. He then proceeded to tell me my opinion didn’t...
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An Unexpected Stress
About 10 days ago I was able to get in to see my counselor. We had a brief chat. As I ran through my giant list of stressors occupying my mind, she listened, added a few thoughts here and there....
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Stressors & Counseling
I finally have an appointment with my counselor. And I started to think about what I really want to talk to her about, and my list of stressors seems a tad bit out of control: Baby MPB’s birth-mother...
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A Whole New World
One of the comments I received on my post about our possible embryo adoption has got me thinking. (This isn’t a surprise to me as I often think about comments). Having frozen embryos myself, I have to...
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Check Up
I took Baby MPB for a check-up this morning. He is doing wonderfully. He’s grown an absolute tonne to the point where the doctor suggested more solids and less formula. Which is fine and should be...
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The Struggle Is Real
I’ve been struggling the last few weeks, I suspect to most that’s obvious. But what makes the last few weeks noteworthy is that I think I’m struggling more so then I ever have since Baby MPB joined...
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Before I get into this post, I have to caveat it – I am not a medical doctor or even a person with any sort of medical/psychological knowledge to make an accurate diagnosis or to be considered even...
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Healthy Balance
Life balance has always been something I struggle with. I’m an all or nothing person – giving my all to every single thing I do. And on the flip side of that, if I do not or cannot do something for...
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Hoping To Make A Difference
I was recently asked to participate in a Canadian study on mental health during and after infertility treatments. I was intrigued by the study. But, honestly, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to...
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Moving On
It’s been a really heavy last week and a bit. My mind has been processing some pretty big things. Not in a depressed way, just in a lot of self-reflection and thought kind of way. But, I have to...
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Forgiveness
Forgiveness has been on my mind lately. As I wrote about forgiving the individual who accidentally ran a stop sign that resulted in the death of my mom and sister, I started to think about my...
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