Tag: life
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When Government Decides You Can’t Become a Parent
Adoption is our only option and Québec won’t let us bring a child home. I am grateful my province offers subsidies for fertility treatment but what happens when those fail? We’ve been on the local adoption list for years now. With the average of one child being relinquished per year and nearly one hundred people…
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“Do You Have Kids?” And Other Stupid Things People Say
Only someone who has NOT faced infertility could fathom asking such an intrusive and triggering question. “Do you have kids?” What a loaded and offensive line of inquiry! I was in the middle of the fertility screening process and trying to comprehend why conception just wasn’t happening when a colleague asked if I had kids…
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Holidays Make the Missing Louder
Holidays are hard. In general. Families gathering can be intense and it’s especially difficult in the throes of grief. Assembling for an event makes those who are missing all the more evident. Sitting around a table feels haunted by the lack of a high chair. My first should be experiencing their first Easter. In addition,…
The F Word 