Adoption, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Positive Living, Uncategorized
I was nestled down into the plush leather sofa with my legs curled up beneath me. My gaze was focused on the tendrils of steam rising from the hot cup of coffee clutched between my hands. I blinked, and despite my best efforts, a few large tears emerged from my eyes,...
Featured, Huntington Disease, Positive Living
I am so proud that a story I wrote called “The Fall” was accepted to an online literary Journal. The piece appears in the Fall 2020, issue 6.3 themed Empty/Enough. This is a longer story, 1933 words, which meant I was able to go into more depth about the...
Adoption, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Positive Living, Uncategorized
When I rolled out of bed that Saturday morning my entire body was aching. A line of bruises ran along my swollen stomach and I felt dizzy for some reason. This must be a weird side effect from the medication, I thought to myself. Even though I only had thirty minutes...
Adoption, Article, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Infertility, Positive Living
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 myself...
Article, Huntington Disease, Positive Living
We were settling down in the living room to relax after putting our daughter to bed for the night. I was sitting on the leather sofa with my legs curled up next to me. The setting sun was shining through the front windows, casting a warm glow across a wall filled with...
Article, Family Planning, Huntington Disease, Positive Living
My husband and I were driving along a country road with no destination in mind. We needed to escape the city and our lives for the day. We drove past fields of tall, golden grass waving in the breeze, and turned down random roads that we happened upon. We cracked the...
