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The I Word
There are very few occasions where we get to talk about infertility out in the non blog world. I mean sure, if you got a group of us together we would certainly be talking about it, but chances are you aren’t having coffee with your non-virtual friends and spending the entire time debating the strength of follicle stimulating hormones. (high five to you if you are!)
One of my favorite bloggers, Pamela Jeanne of Coming2Terms, has always been very outspoken and brilliantly honest about her infertility. She is now about to celebrate a significant birthday and she and her husband have made the very painful choice to stop trying to conceive. After over a decade of trying, people. I mean holy FUCK, right? And if that wasn’t enough, this week she was featured in the New York Times talking about her struggles, her journey, her thought process, her acceptance, her pain. The article has sparked some very interesting (& sometimes hurtful) comments both on the NYTimes site and PJ’sblog.
Please take a moment to read the article and support her as she wades through a very public conversation about something that is usually very private. Mad props to the woman!
While you are thinking about PJ’s coolness, why don’t you also ponder about other people that have inspired you in a public way. Authors, musicians, actors…who has been public about their infertility struggles? Who has erased some of the shame?
Mel is now accepting nominations for the first ever A.L.I. Awards (ALI= Adoption, Loss, Infertility). She wants to know what books or movies have featured positive and/or real portrayals of A.L.I. Take a moment to think and then go nominate. You don’t have to have an answer for ever category (there are 11).
It is in the spirit of both Mel & Pamela Jeanne that I wanted to create a new warm fuzzy badge that we can give out to blog friends when they have helped us out or helped us through a dark place, a hard place or an impossible place.
I am giving this to every member of The IVP and every person that hired me to design a header and every person that listed something or bought something on the UTERUS auctions and all the people that donated directly either with money or kindness.
Who has helped you today or this week or this month? Let them know!
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Great idea for the new award! And such a cute logo.
That’s such a sweet badge an honor!
awww…what a sweet badge for us to honour our posse!
i wish i could give one to the nurses and ancillary staff i work with. people from the nurse manager(s) to the techs and the maintenance crew have befriended me and consistently cheer me on in my nursing school journey. i was thinking last night just how incredibly blessed i am to be able to soak up this encouragement and love and all…
love you my friend!
xo
I love the new badge!! And the article in the NY Times was fabulous. Go PJ!!!
I’ll have to think on the A.L.I. thing, which no doubt will take me about a month.
Nice badge. I should think there are many, many recipients out there given how supportive this community is. Sigh. I love them.
Do you know the Koala Brothers cartoon? I’m picturing myself as the third koala pumping my arm and saying, “I’m here to help!”
Cripes. I am SO late coming here to thank you for this sweet and heart-felt post. It makes me feel all warm inside — so I’m going to bookmark it. I’m so late that I’m embarrassed and almost didn’t comment. Part of me has spent the past week licking my wounds and part of me has been trying to reorient myself from the weirdness of having my picture splashed in newspapers as far away as Nigeria. I feel kind of naked, you know? Anyway. You are a true pal and I thank you…