Ooooh, the enneagram. The word seems either super mystical or super hip, depending on what you know (or don't know) about it. So let's have a quick class, shall we? What the enneagram is not: A tool of the occult, a quick fix, a solution to all of your problems, a trendy, Buzzfeed-style personality typing test that deludes you into thinking you are a superstar. What the enneagram is: A personality profile that can help you better understand how you relate to self, others, and

Hi Blog Friends! This week, Heidi Hayes of Donor Egg Bank USA is guest posting. While Heidi is the executive vice president of Donor Egg Bank USA, she is also a mama through adoption, as well as egg donation. Below, she explains the process of becoming a parent through the use of donor eggs. Trigger Warning: Pregnancy photos included. Heidi Hayes, co-founder of Donor Egg Bank USA, “Mommy, when will I have a baby brother or sister to play with?” Such an innocent comment from y

If you haven't heard of the book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, or the Netflix series that sprung from it, well you're about to! Here is the KonMari philosophy in a nutshell: The KonMari Method™ 01 Commit yourself to tidying up 02 Imagine your ideal life 03 Finish letting go first 04 Tidy by category, not location 05 Follow the right order 06 Ask yourself if it sparks joy But what does the magic of tidying up have to

This is part 3 of my series about Infertility and the enneagram. If you need a brief intro to the enneagram personality model, I recommend reading parts 1 & 2 of this series first. Graphic created by the Arizona Enneagram Association Now then, the enneagram and infertility. 10 years of running the TTC gauntlet taught me this lesson: A bit more self- and others-awareness during that trial would have served me well. The third part of this series will detail how types 7, 8, and

This is part 2 of my series about Infertility and the enneagram. If you need a brief intro to the enneagram personality model, I recommend reading part 1 of this series first. Graphic created by the Arizona Enneagram Association Now then, the enneagram and infertility. 10 years of running the TTC gauntlet taught me this lesson: A bit more self- and others-awareness during that trial would have served me well. The second part of this series will detail how types 4, 5, and 6 op

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Pslam 139:13 NLT Hi fellow struggler! Despite our friendship here on the blog, I don't know much about you. For instance, where are you in your infertility journey? Are you just getting started with a basal thermometer and a temperature chart? Starting your first round of Clomid? Diving hopefully into intrauterine insemination (IUI) or taking out a loan to cover in vitro fertilization

We are smack dab in the middle of the most wonderful time of the year. Stores are decked in glossy red and green while speakers blare bright tunes of expectation. Homes once darkened now dance with twinkling lights, their windows aglow with warmth and promise. And, as believers, we cannot escape the image of a beatific, round-bellied virgin. Oh, the irony. As an infertile person, one can feel like a cardboard cutout amidst all the activity, a black-and-white character frozen