Last New Years I committed to writing a blog post every week for this entire year. I missed my first week in July, then another and another. I vowed to start up again but something else was happening this summer that kept me from doing it. Something else was growing that needed my time and energy and I just didn’t have enough to give to my blog. We have had many challenges with having children- our first son Silas Orion died 10 hours after he was born 7 years ago. We went years without getting pregnant again. After failed IUI & IVF attempts, our 3rd IVF ended in success with our now beautiful 3 1/2 yr old Zephyr. While we really wanted a sibling for Zephyr, it just wasn’t happening. We decided to give it one last shot using the leftover embryos we had stored. We couldn’t believe it, but it… Read More »
Full of Joy Yoga blog returns! (aka, another thankful blog post)
I am back! As you can see, I took a break from blogging – and in all that time, I’ve realized how important it is to share all the good stuff (and important work) that I am doing. This is the season to be thankful. We have been hearing that over and over- and for me, it is an important one. My husband Chris and I have been faced with some of the hardest challenges that life can throw out at a person. The loss of a child is up there as one of the most traumatic experiences one can face. Since that time of losing our baby Silas, we have also been faced with some unexplained secondary infertility. Meaning- we are having a tough time getting pregnant again. So why am I sharing all of this, especially in my FOJY blog? because this is something important about me and… Read More »
