I started this blog to document my egg donation process for a friend. Yeah. Great job there, Moosh.
I then decided to turn it into an account of my kids' day to day lives, milestones, silly moments, etc., so they'd be able to read about their early years someday. Again. High five.
So until I actually start blogging, I want to link you to four blogs that I stumbled upon that I find particularly touching. These ladies have endured so much and/or enlightened so many.
How on earth I find time to grumble about my husband being gone so much of the time, when a stumbled-upon new friend Snickollet is going through her much more difficult path in life, is beyond me. She really humbles me and makes me think twice about opening my mouth. Granted, sometimes I apparently need to think three times, but still---she really is helping me to not whine so much or take my blessings in life for granted. What's better? I'll most likely get to meet this amazing woman someday as she grew up right here in the Portland area where I currently live!
http://snickollet.blogspot.com/index.html
BTW, am I a dork if I mention that I just realized (and find it very amusing) that I used the words "grumble", "stumbled" and "humbles" all in one paragraph? Ummmmmm...
Then there's Emilie. A real trooper who's recently struggled through a very scary bout with cancer, and undergone a terrifying surgery all while newly pregnant and with a darling little boy at home. Another crazy twist is that she is also from this area and some of her family still lives right here in my small town! Crazy how I keep stumbling upon people's blogs and then finding out we have ties to the same place!
http://lemmondrops.blogspot.com/
Melissa, what a gem. She is enlightening the world about infertility with her blog (up for a Weblog!) called Stirrup Queens.
http://stirrup-queens.blogspot.com/
It was through her blog that I learned about Snickollet and indirectly about Lemmondrops. I have read so many inspiring, thought-provoking, heart-wrenching, laugh out loud moments at Stirrup Queens and the blogs that Mel shares with her ginormous web following. Carrie and I felt like celebrities when we were mentioned on her blog--and yet Mel is so personable that we've emailed back and forth several times, too! BTW, Mel, I've got my scouts searching for that certain malePortlander....
Please vote, if you're so inspired, for Stirrup Queens here!http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-medicalhealth-issues-blog-1.phpblog-1.php
And of course, Carrie. My non-DNA (but who would know?) sister. The woman I shared a real part of myself with, literally and figuratively. A family who now will always be mine as well. A family who has made my life richer in ways they'll never understand. Read about our incredible journey, and my amazing new God-daughter, here:
http://lifeinthesoupbowl.blogspot.com/
Til next time.....
