Adoption, Family Planning, Happening, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Mental Health, Positive Living
I am excited to finally share the cover of my new book being released this fall. Here is a little bit about it… All Good Things: A Memoir About Genetic Testing, Infertility and One Woman’s Relentless Search for Happiness. Erin Paterson always expected she’d get...
Adoption, Article, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility
It’s been years now but I still remember it, my husband and I sitting on an uncomfortable sofa across from our adoption practitioner at our first home-study interview. I was so nervous I had already begun to sweat. I had a secret and I was terrified of what would...
Adoption, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Podcast, Positive Living
It was a struggle to find anything good in my life after being diagnosed as gene positive for Huntington’s disease and dealing with infertility. Those were the hardest years of my life but I told myself two things – I was not going to let those things ruin...
Adoption, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Uncategorized
My husband and I were just getting home from a run with our friends. As we were walking through the front door my phone started ringing. I kicked off my shoes in a hurry and they landed haphazardly on the floor. My gym bag was still hanging from my shoulder as I...
Adoption, Featured, Infertility, Mental Health
A story I wrote about infertility and post adoption depression was chosen to be a part of this wonderful anthology released by The Canadian Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative. If you would like to pick up a copy of You Are Not Alone: An Anthology of Perinatal...
Adoption, Article, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Positive Living, Uncategorized
I was sitting on the edge of the bed at 9am staring at the hardwood floor. It was almost time to start work, but I couldn’t gather the strength to move. I had no idea how I was going to make it through the next five minutes let alone an entire day. Lifting...
