Happy Thanksgiving!!
Today, reflecting on what we are Thankful for seems to be so important for me. It is not only a reminder to be ever grateful for our health, roof over our heads, great jobs we love, family and friends that always are supporting us but to also be thankful for this path God has led us down. The path of Infertility. As hard of a pill as that may be to swallow...Infertility has brought me relationships I would have never otherwise had. Infertility has opened my eyes in dealing with situations where the up most compassion and empathy is needed. Infertility has brought about a new sense of caring for others that I have never experienced before. Infertility, although never someth

Thank You!
I cannot even begin to express the overwhelming support and encouragement I received from you, my blogger friends! Don't you just hate how those low days come, sometimes without warning?Anyways. I have LOTS of thoughts but for now, I'm off to spend some time with my nieces!

Gingerbread Houses + Nieces = FUN MESSES!
I love, just about more than anything else, spending time with my nieces! This evening we {Three nieces, Charles, and myself} made mini Gingerbread houses. :-) Mine is the one without a ceiling... Fun stuff! I think they turned out pretty good though!C, the oldest niece, tasted a bit of the 'house' and informed us we would not want to eat this at a later date so who cares how long the

Lowest of the lows.
Ever want to talk to someone that truly understands? The aches and pains infertility brings. That common bond is amazing and in a selfish way comforting.Well I need someone. An infertile. Someone that has not moved 'to the other side'. Thankfully everyone I personally know that has delt with infertility is now a mommy. I find encouragement when I talk to them that miracles still happen. This I am thankful for.However this is not what I need right now. Tonight. Tonight I need someone who still has fresh wounds. Still has the deep heartache to be a mommy. Someone that finds themselves crying with both happiness and sadness with the news of a new baby coming into the world. I

Consequences of being careless.
Wonder why my eyes hurt? Well. I know you dont wonder about it but i do... Let me clarify. They dont always hurt. Just today. Or whenever i do this. So this morning i was using the Apricot Scrub on my face. I alternate days so it does not take away all my skin. I was stupid and did not close my eyes all the way and thus got little Apricot balls into my eyes. Yep. It scratches them. I then went to pu