Here We Go Again

Two years ago this week I wrote about my infertility and all the hurdles we’d jumped up until that point. That point was the start of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). I have written about our IVF experiences in length. If you’ve kept up, you know that my IVF story did not have a happy ending....

Another Target Dressing Room, Another Near Mental Breakdown

Body dysmorphia is real and it is hard. If you’ve been around for a minute you know my long, complicated history with weight. My body has been a source of stress and unhappiness for as long as I can remember. The few times I have been happy in my body have come at significant costs...

2023 Update (half of it anyway)

Every single kid at school knows now, so I guess I can make it Facebook official. I’m officially become a full time stay at home mom. For the next 12 months. Last week a bunch of kids asked me if I could move up with them to 5th grade. They ask me that every year....

Love Has Joined Us

World, I'd like to introduce you to our amazing, beautiful, tiny baby. Stephen Oliver James Coleman, Stevie, was born 6 weeks early on February 28, 2022 at 11:20PM. He weighed 5lbs 2oz and is 17.5" of absolute perfection. Stevie's entrance into this world was extremely unexpected and very sudden. Not completely unexpected because I knew...

Barren: Made In God’s Image

If you have been following my life at any point in the last few years, you know that I am infertile. My infertility is still technically "unexplained," meaning there is no one major cause leading to my inability to conceive, carry, and birth a child without medical intervention. For me, my infertility happens in every...

I have not written in a long time. Months. Not since right after my surgery. So here's the full story since June. IVF still sucks. It sucks just as much as being infertile sucks. I'm seriously never ever doing it ever again. I mean it this time! But, Dr. Skillern threw her kitchen sink at...

PIVOT: A Life Update

I know this is a controversial topic. I try to be as open to the ever changing landscape around me and acknowledge my privilege. I know that it is privilege that leads me to believe that the landscape is changing when in fact, for many people, nothing has changed at all and that I, as...

Lent: Day 1

Ash Wednesday reminds us that God created us from dust and that one day we will all return to dust. Genesis teaches us that our physical bodies have been made from earth. When we die, out bodies return to the earth. Our spirit, the breath of live that God breathes into each of us, returns...

Dad’s Memorial

I’ve had many people reach out and ask me to post what Joe and I said at Dad’s memorial last week. Was it really just a week ago? I spoke first, so here’s my part: Many of you will be surprised to know that dad did not plan out his memorial service. For a man...