I took this picture last year on March 17 of Sean, Abby and my feet in our matching shamrock socks. We wear them every year on and around St. Patrick’s Day. We started this shamrock sock tradition before Sean was born. When I was pregnant with him in 2003 the only clothing item that I […]
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I started writing this post sometime last Fall and then, as it often does, time got away from me. I decided to come back and finish it this week when I realized that our house has been on the market now for over 5 months. These recent months have been a roller coaster ride getting […]
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Recently Abby and I were driving to pick up Sean from one of his after school programs when “100 Years” by Five for Fighting came on the radio. I have really liked that song ever since I first heard it years ago and found myself connecting again with the various ages in the verses as […]
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Today is Bob’s maternal grandma/our children’s “GG’s” 90th birthday. This time last February we were celebrating with her at Bob’s parents’ home, as she was still with us. I even mentioned our plans in this post on her birthday last year. I recall discussing that day having a big party in honor of her 90th […]
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I have been reading a lot of books lately. I have always read a good amount, but my focus has usually been on shorter things such as magazine articles, newspaper stories and blog posts. This may be because I have a relatively short attention span. And by “reading books” I mean not just starting them […]
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Not long before I started this blog four years ago, I joined a “cycle buddy” group in the IVF Connections (IVFC) discussion forums. We were a group of women most of whom (if not all) were trying IVF for the first time. Some of us were struggling with secondary infertility and already had living children […]
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