Successful IVF After Stage 3 Endometriosis (and ANOTHER baby on the way!)
“I think it’s very important to trust your gut. Even the best doctors could use a different perspective. Keep faith, and always believe in creating the family of your dreams, even if it is not created the way you initially hoped for!” -Jessica, carrier mamma of Jameson and Baby Elliot
The Courage to Change
When people recover loudly, we keep others from dying quietly. Those of us that have been in the dark will always come back for the others because we know the way out.
Why America Definitely Doesn't Have the Best Healthcare in the World
America, in many regards, is amazing. But what’s most amazing about it, perhaps, is its potential to actually be all of the things we already believe it is. A real land of liberty and justice, for all. Regardless of our race, zip code, or tax bracket. And, as Snyder argues, that all starts with looking at health care as a human right.
A Spiderweb Crack
Never used china / Only for show / So how could you / Every really know / About that crack / Right in its core?
A Song of Wasted Things
Guest blogger, Liz Brazeal, shares a sweet reminder that every “wasted” thing is someday “found in a reservoir, and used in some heart that sings.”
2020: The Tipping Point & “Black Lives Matter”—More Contagious Than Covid-19
Divisions aside, the past couple of decades have united us over shared tragedies. There is no doubt in my mind that 2020 is the Tipping Point. And there’s no doubt in my mind that the power of hope and demands for these humanitarian changes are more contagious than the “silent majority.”
P.S. it’s okay to condemn violence, looting, and arson but still believe that the right to protest is a pillar of American society to keep us in check.
Breonna Taylor Would Have Been 27 Today
As our nation comes together in an attempt to re-thread the shredded fabrics of American society — from the systemic racism to the corrupt abuses of police and the oligarchy at large — we have to honor the lives lost in the climatic uprising of this revolution. So do what you need to do to be on the right side of history, and then hug your loved ones. And think of Breonna’s friends and families who can’t ever hug her again.
Black Lives Matter & White Privilege: Liberty, Justice, & What It Means to Be American (VIDEO)
We can only become an undivided nation when there is liberty and justice for ALL. PERIOD.
Cheers to Endless “Noisy Summers” Thanks to Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”
Today we’re celebrating Rachel Carson — born on this day in 1907 — and her meticulous investigative reporting work and her uniquely brilliant, beautifully-poetic storytelling that helped us take a right turn towards a road less traveled. So cheers to endless noisy summers thanks to Carson’s Silent Spring.
“Hello, Goodbye”-The Night Sky
The skyline remains ablaze in a transformative dance. Colors are mingling as they please — the bold and the dull alike. It’s a maddening swirl of gorgeous chaos. Intimate pink roses naively slip into tanzanite’s easy-going magnetic pull. They’re both flirting with all that boisterous, but subduing, orange. Blue feels his dominance slipping away…