Being a mother is something I have waited and prayed for since I was a young girl mothering dolls. After 4 years of infertility, tests and procedures that failed 100% of the time, we were blessed with a miracle. I have become passionate about helping others through the struggle of infertility and have started a non-profit organization in order to reach out to people across the country.

It has been a process of sorts to be open enough to talk about this part of me, but it is now something that I choose to embrace and appreciate, as I have learned more and more about myself and my purpose.

I hope this blog can be a place where you can find strength and support through others who know the struggle. Please feel free to contact me with questions, advice, or any and all venting. I know that with the help of each other, we can overcome this struggle...or at least handle it in a way that will leave us better for it.

Welcome to my blog - My Journey To Fertility.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

"The Glow"

We've all heard about it. Maybe you've seen it? It's that something in a woman's countenance that tells the world that God has worked a miracle in her. She is fulfilling her creation right then. It really can be seen.

Lately, I've noticed "the glow" of newly expectant mothers or mothers with newborns. To be honest, I feel a little sick when I see it. Not sick in a horrible way; sick because of the rush of emotions I feel when I see this "glowing": anxiety, sadness, longing, maybe a little envy?, despair, panic, and emptiness. None are good emotions and feeling them all at once is enough to make a person feel like vomiting...aka sick.

Then come the questions, which seem to always find me: When will I get to "glow?" Will I be in my thirties by then? Do women in their thirties even "glow?"

This "glow" is a real thing and something I long for. Maybe I should get a tan or something in the meantime to hold me over...

I hope you all had a good weekend and if you're one of the lucky ones, glow on ladies!

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