Honored

courtney over at baby moxie passed this award on to me this past week. i feel extremely honored, and a little like i don't deserve it. i spent a lot of time wallowing in self pity during my IF treatments in 2005, but when it comes down to it, i've had a much easier road than a lot of folks out there.

i'd like to pass this award on to the following people for the specified reasons:

I Don't Want Sextuplets - b/c i admire the author's attitude and approach to her IF experience. the author's bio desc. really hit a nerve with me b/c i've gone through the same evolution of feelings, and i am not able to make others understand (others being fertiles) where i'm coming from. it's nice to know i'm not the only one who feels this way.

Infertility...I Wish I Could Quit You - b/c the author has been through absolute hell, but she somehow manages to keep her chin up, continue taking care of her students, and deal with her students' demanding parents.

Life as a Sandwich - b/c i am in awe of how well she's handled all that she has to deal with just for herself as well as helping take care of her MIL. i aspire to this author's level of togetherness and selflessness.

Baby Moxie - b/c i'm touched by and deeply admire this author's gentle, caring spirit. i don't know how she finds such wide spaces in her heart for others while she goes through her own struggles.

National Infertility Awareness Week Starts Today

In support of any and all IFers close to you, please go vote for the Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters blog. the author of this blog has been nominated for an award for Best Medical/Health Issues blog. the author of this blog is pivotal in the IF blogging world. her efforts help support, inform, and connect people who are dealing with IF.

Click the following link to vote : (http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-medicalhealth-issues-blog-1.phpblog-1.php). You can vote once every 24 hours.

Thank you for your support!

STET

that's dork for "let it stand", don't change it, leave it alone. STET is typically a copy editing term, but i find it useful in other situations, too.

we are sorta canceling this IVF cycle. we have returned to the mother ship to rally around family as one of our beloved family members battles a very serious illness. right now, things are touch and go, and nothing's looking very good. so, we've decided to delay the IVF schedule and just "cycle thru" until january. this will leave us free to travel back to the mother ship at a moment's notice without having to cancel a cycle and lose a LOT of money. also, we need to keep our emotional reserves for family; we won't have them to spare on the IVF process, which we all know is HELLA emotional.

i'm exiting the IF blogsphere as a writer for a while, but i'll still be here as a reader. i look forward to following my fellow cycle sistas and brothers in their journeys.