Per usual, I darted down two flights of stairs and out into the humid summer air to escape our open office environment so I could speak on my phone without being surrounded by 25 colleagues. It's Friday the 13th. Of course this is bad news. Even though I just had a two-hour IVF talk on …
Continue reading Fertility Setback #899: My Phone Rang Friday the 13th…
Hey friends. Surprise! I've added a new category to this blog. Fertility. But before you X-out, I promise there will be fun anecdotes relevant to many life things embedded within this new tale I'm telling. But back to fertility for a sec, because, well, that's the topic: a topic I've heard people fret over a …
Continue reading IVF Real Talk: How I Spent $10k To Gain 10 Pounds (but more importantly, why)
Her body, the first place you called home. Her mind, the first to mold your own. Her, your first and last true best friend. And the rarest of kinds. But more than just selfless... selflessly kind. And not like a push-over, not some old-fashioned dame. But a new kind of woman. With her new kind …
“These violent delights have violent ends/And in their triumph die, like fire and powder/Which, as they kiss, consume.” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Tragic love stories are timeless. Toxic relationships have gripped human intrigue for at least as long as written records have existed. Poor old Romeo and Juliet —two long-dead, fictitious star-crossed lovers— …
Continue reading Addiction: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
Nest: Maybe nature's conscience had grown dull that day. Or maybe nature isn't ever concerned with right and wrong. Maybe it just wants to optimize survival. Perhaps perceived mayhem is just reason in its prime. Even if that reason is void of any virtue. Yet we intervene anyway. Control the chaos. Play God. Let our …
Toothbrush Was I 15? Could have been 16 or pushing 17, I suppose. Regardless, this is a true story of the power of a toothbrush—or, perhaps more notably, the lack thereof. Miranda* was a year older and had a car she could use full time—a totally legitimate basis for high school friendship. She was also whip-smart, …
Continue reading Innocence Lost: A Story of Friendship, Heartbreak, and a Toothbrush
Traditional I've added a few layers to this old cake metaphor: un-riddling this inconvenient, age-old, conundrum. So go ahead — have the best (but still, also, worst) of both worlds. Just follow these seven simple steps: Step 1.) See cake. Immediately start salivating like one of Pavlov's dogs. Marvel in its innate ability to simultaneously awaken …
So much to be happy about! So why do some people (not me, obviously) insist on over-indulging in large goblets of crying juice, feeling frantically frenzied over all the things? (Spoiler: Secret to happiness exposed in this post.)
Tribute to the first dude to teach me about selfless love. Happiest Rainbow Bridge Birthday, Scoob. ________________________________________________________ The black waves creep up the sides, keeping me at the edge of my seat as I silently watch the bridge go by... such a long line of cars chasing each other down the highway. The passengers seemingly …
WAGNER. Excuse me, but it gives the greatest satisfaction to view the spirit of another age, to see how wise men thought before our days, and to rejoice how far we’ve come at last. FAUST. Oh yes, a journey to the stars! -Faust, Play by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1808 …
Continue reading Trump’s Tribal Mentality: How Love Actually Trumps Hate
