Tag: mothering
The Words No Parent Wants To Hear, “I Hate You!”
So this week my son said it. Those words that every Mom hopes and prays she never hears.
“I hate you Mommy!”
It pains me...
Journey To Motherhood: In Vitro Fertilization
With all the things that could go wrong in a body, it's a real wonder that babies are born everyday. Think about the journey...
Journey to Motherhood: Maternity Portrait Photography & Birth Day Sessions
In the August 1991 issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Demi Moore graced the cover nude and pregnant. This memorable portrait beautifully broke down the barriers...
Journey To Motherhood: The Less Traveled Road of Surrogacy
I was awakened by an awful feeling. You know that feeling when you've started your period and you weren't prepared for it? (Sorry, men, bear with...
Journey to Motherhood: The Hope of Intrauterine Insemination
My journey to motherhood started off with all the hope and promise that every woman wishes for. After moving to Seattle in 2007, my...
Savoring the Moments of Mommyhood
My little girl is growing up. There is no denying that fact. As much as I may try and stop it, I lament about...
Remembering, Praying, Hoping
The tragedy that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut is heart-wrenching, to say the least. What the parents of those 20...
Second Chances
I am in shock.
I have just learned about the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, that has left over twenty people, mostly children, dead. The hair...
In Defense of Boredom
Say there is this person, newly arrived to the world, very short and ready to soak up information like a glass of grape juice...
In a holiday funk…but only for this post
It’s the first week of December, the tree is up, the stockings are hung by the chimney with care and our menorahs are ready...
A Good Gift
I want to tell you a story about receiving a gift worth more than anything I could ever afford or repay. I will never...