Wishbone Baby

Candace:  The holidays can be hard for those battling infertility.  Although spending time with family and friends is truly a blessing, there are always those twinges and openings for the Tasty Sneakers moments to pop up.  Reminders of our, thus far, fruitless quest for our own family, or in our case last year, an unexpected announcement of a baby on the way.  Incredibly ill-timed with a recent failed IVF round, announced in front of the mass: pan to the happy expectant couple, now everyone pan over to Candace and Chris.  Needless to say, it was a very very bittersweet moment for us.  So, when Aunt Betty asks why don’t you have kids yet, or if you are blind-sided by a baby bombshell announcement at the holiday table, remember it is hard for those to understand our pain, loss, and feeling of being alone in this journey.  They can’t understand what they haven’t experienced.

SO, today I encourage all of us that are infertile, those that support the infertile, and those who have kicked infertility’s ugly rump, to think about 3 things they are thankful for in this journey.  Here are mine:

1.  God for giving me the strength to fight for my dream.

2.  My supportive, amazing, PATIENT, and thick-skinned husband.

3.  This wonderful community of people who support us, follow our journey, and walk it along with us.

Chris’s 3 things he is thankful of:

1.  My awesome and courageous wife who is willing to put her body and mind through such grueling procedures and medications to help us realize our dream of starting a family.

2.  Our incredibly supportive and understanding family and friends who do so much for us whether they realize it or not.

3.  Everyone else out there that shares our pain, want, and hopefully, the realization that ultimately we will have our dreams come true.

Chris’s aside:  So, Candace made an awesome baked chicken the other night.  A huge bird to say the least.  With our next IVF transfer pending, we did what any normal couple would do, saved the wishbone and treated it as an object of great importance.  We left it on the counter for 2 days to dry, then with much muttering of wishes under our breath, we each pulled our half of the wishbone.  Here is my question though, if you get the result we got, who’s dream will come true?  See the picture below.