#32 on my list of #100 things
Sep 4, 2002 Writing
Because I love my ISP and have no wish to embroil them in something that has nothing to do with them, I chose to remove a less than warm mention of a publication for which I once wrote. I’m not going to talk about it more but if you’re interested, you can watch this space. I’ll let you know when my story is up. I’m not through with this yet.
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All giddy and stuff
Sep 3, 2002 Writing
Maybe it’s the caffeine. I’m doing this because everyone else is doing it and I liked reading ‘em so much. So here it goes.
100 Things About Me by Dawn L. Friedman Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Infertility, introvert, Music, my mom, Noah
New page
Sep 2, 2002 Writing
I decided to make a page for past featured authors because I hate to think of them all disappearing when the month is over. My plan is to move the pictures and quotes over there at the end of each month and add links to four relevant sites. It may come in handy sometime. I added comments, too, in case people ever feel moved to share their thoughts, opinions, or recommendations about any particular author.
OK, I’m off to shower. I ran for the first time in a couple of weeks this morning but didn’t go very far. I have no runner’s high, alas. Maybe next time.
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September’s featured author is…
Sep 1, 2002 Writing
Rumer Godden. I like her kid books better than her adult books although I like some of those, too.
If you have children, you should check out Miss Happiness and Miss Flower especially if you have a child who likes small things. There’s a part where the children decide to celebrate the traditional Japanese doll festival for Miss Happiness and Miss Flower so they create these teensy-tiny things for the festival. My sister always loved small things (when we were children, she once used a razor blade to create a miniature paper doll set for my Ginny doll) and so she adored the description of the children cutting up white thread to make bowls of rice and soaking chalk to make green water for soup.
Another one is Impunity Jane, one of the few books I’ve ever found about a boy and his doll. I believe that it’s out of print but you can find some used if you go searching.
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{{{{Hugs}}}} back!
Sep 1, 2002 Infertility
I want to thank y’all for your support; it means a lot to me (something non-’net savvy people don’t get, eh?) and I appreciate it. I also thank you for giving me cyber hugs even when I said you didn’t need to. I was trying to tough it out but you can see it didn’t work. I know that many of you have been exactly where I am now and it helps knowing that this isn’t as lonely a place as it can sometimes feel.
It frustrates me that I can’t *will* myself to feel the way that I want to feel. I want to GIVE UP and move on but I’m just not there yet. I keep thinking that I’m almost there but almost is worlds away.
Last year at this time I was continuing with a healthy herbal regimen, drinking my ProGreens for breakfast every morning, meditating, visualizing, and exercising gently. I got pregnant and miscarried October 1st. Of all of my miscarriages, that one was the most difficult and I don’t think I’m over it yet. I had been doing all the right things and I still miscarried. I haven’t been able to get my equilibrium back yet; I lost hope with that baby. Clomid was my last ditch effort and it didn’t work either. I feel a little bewildered.
So I dyed my hair last night (the color isn’t as dramatic as I’d like) and I’m going to drink coffee ALL WEEK. I need to learn to say “fuck it” because November marks 3 years of baby-making effort and I want to meet that anniversary with a lighter heart if I can just lighten it in time.
Meanwhile, I’m trying to figure out who the featured article for September will be. I had a couple of excellent choices but couldn’t find pics of them online.
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Tags: clomid