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That’s what SHE said: 90 minutes to success, letting go of perfection, worst beatboxing ever, and more . . .

January 18, 2015

I Could Have A Baby But She Could Not | Blithe, A Blog You see what I’ve come to understand is that infertility is mostly a silent grief. Just as I had, there are women who have dreamed since they were little girls about having a baby…. and then they have come to the shocking truth their “happily ever after” may never come. Many people don’t discuss their attempts to get pregnant or their inability to conceive. Instead they keep trying over and over, month after month, quietly in sorrow for what . . .

Friday Finds

January 16, 2015

In 1999 we made a time capsule to be opened in 2015. Here’s what was inside. . .

January 15, 2015

Back at the end of 1999, as we were ushering in a new decade and dancing to that Prince song, Mark and I also made a time capsule to be opened in 2015. At the time we were a newly married 20something couple without kids, and I remember thinking that by the time we opened it, we would have children. It was so much fun to realize that dream we had 15 years ago and to talk a walk down memory lane with our kids. This thing has been in our garage through 8 different houses. And of course we lost the . . .

Wednesday’s Child: Whitney

January 14, 2015

Every Wednesday I feature a child recently highlighted by a local Wednesday's Child newscast to share the stories of children from around the country who are waiting for a family. My hope is that this can broaden exposure for the children highlighted, but also serve as a reminder that these children represent thousands of children currently in the foster-care system. Perhaps their stories will inspire you to consider opening your home to a child needing a family. For more information and to . . .

Mama Said: How to maintain long-distance friendships

January 13, 2015

Sarah and I chat about how we maintain friendships when one friend moves, or when your friends live in faraway places. It’s something familiar to both of us! The app we talk about is here. . . .

Life after trauma: five years post-quake and the statute of limitations on PTSD

January 12, 2015

It's been five years today since I was running up the stairs of a guest house in Port-Au-Prince when I felt the world shake beneath me . . . five years since I bolted back down those stairs, frantic to grab my baby who was sleeping in a carseat, to try to escape the house to safety. Five years since I watching the tiles pop off the floors and the walls and saw the plaster of the building crack enough that I could see through to the outside. Five years since I grabbed my daughter and then found . . .

What I want you to know about motherhood: we are all different, and that’s okay.

January 12, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Briana Meade. For a long time, I've had this "perfect" version of a mother in my head. She looks a lot like my mother-in-law, who once-upon-a-time raised four kids seemingly . . .

That’s what SHE said: luck and adoption, turning 40, how we talk about terrorism, Jimmy Fallon’s worst date, and more . . .

January 10, 2015

Please Don’t Tell Me I Was Lucky To Be Adopted | The Washington Post For me, being an adoptee is like getting into a horrible car accident and surviving with devastating injuries. But instead of anybody acknowledging the trauma of the accident, they tell you that you should feel lucky. Even if the injuries never stop hurting, never quite heal. Even if the injuries make it impossible to feel comfortable in everyday life. So I learned not to talk about it. Even though my bones ached. 10 Things . . .

Friday Finds

January 9, 2015

What I want you to know about being a step-mom

January 9, 2015

What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Samantha. What I want you to know about being a stepmom is that not all of us make our stepchildren scrub our stone floors. (Mainly because I don't have stone . . .