For many things in life, the second of something is often highly anticipated: the second album from a red-hot musician, the second Harry Potter book, the second Lay’s potato chip. For most of us in the infertility world, we don’t have any perception of the 2nd child, we are clawing tooth and nail for the first one. There are … [Read more...]
The Girl with Broken Lady Bits…
“You need to get early mammograms, Candace.” That’s what my oncologist said to me last Spring. Being only 30 something {cough}...ish, this was a swift kick to my womanly self-esteem and to the jubblies. Since my southern lady bits were angry with the world and required an eviction notice, (due to a uterine cancer scare) it is protocol that I … [Read more...]
3 Ways to Overcome the Fear of Failure
Chris: Warning! We’ze about to get all biblical up in here! Okay, if you are not Christian or Jewish, this will still be applicable, just hang with me on it. I recently started on a ‘read the bible in one year’ plan and have read through Genesis and half of Exodus at this point. Man, talk about a fear of failure. These are biblical … [Read more...]