Here’s a new life lesson: If you happen to be getting ready for your first IVF cycle and have a blog, do not post anything about it unless it works. Especially if it’s anywhere within 100 feet of Christmas. I know you will be hopeful and scared and wanting to include everyone, but don’t. JUST [...]
Archive for the ‘Crazyland’ Category
Box of Hope and Hell
I’m working on a recap that’s gotten bigger than I ever intended, and I’ve quickly realized that I’m not going to be able to post it today. So until Monday, I’m just going to leap to the end of that “Things I’ve Been Up To Since August” list and shout out the biggest topic on [...][...]
Warning of an Uncontrollable Reflex
May is a challenging month at our house. In addition to travel and a healthy schedule of birthdays and graduations and anniversaries – my birthday is seven days before our wedding anniversary. And Mother’s Day is smack in the middle of both. This was not so much an issue a few years ago.[...]
Hello Little Miss Maas
Last night I was up until 1am writing a completely different draft for this post. It was filled with angst and tears and all the heartbreaking things I’ve been aching to write about for months now. God knows I have plenty to say. But as I sat at my desk red-eyed and weary, thinking about how [[...]
Its Time to Eat the Doughnuts
Yes. Those are donuts. In my car. In a convenient easy reach package. Because today? God. damn. If I get one more fricking email about this stupid project that amounts to nothing, that absolutely refuses to go right, that takes over and derails my entire day… If I lose one more day to this ti[...]
His Altar
Were there no more days to face I would kneel at the table unbind my heart lay down under your light and weep the drowning rivers Sacred hand reach deep within me drive out every space of breath choke this spark and smash these cries upon your hardened cliffs Let me sink forever in Her waters may Sh[...]

