quotes

A story that is only half my own

In life, quotes on 23 January 2018 with no comments

between the sacred and profane nobody hears me chant your name another year has gone again and i will never be the same. it was one of those days that never really ends; there were no goodbyes.  i remember the fog and the ice and the road leading me south. and that is about as […]

On Infertility, and Baby Loss, and Childlessness

In infertility, poem of the day, quotes on 8 September 2016 tagged baby loss, childlessness, infertility, Jan Richardson, miscarriage with 3 comments

In case maybe you were wondering, on August 11, 2016, my husband and I transferred our last beautiful embryo — and then we waited, and hoped, and dreamed, and imagined our life as parents. As much as I wish I could say otherwise, the transfer was not successful. We are not pregnant. We are disappointed, and angry, […]

Look under your feet

In life, quotes on 15 November 2015 tagged burroughs, look under your feet with no comments

The Darkest Nights

In life, love, quotes, relationships, thoughts on 31 May 2014 tagged green card, love, marriage, RHS+HDB, separation with 4 comments

And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us. (Pablo Neruda) I’ve been married for 212 days, and of those days, I’ve been with my husband 59. You see, I fell in love with a Canadian, and we thought, foolishly in retrospect, that being together would […]

happy earth day

In life, quotes, stardust on 22 April 2014 tagged carl sagan, earth day with no comments

by request of carl sagan, NASA commanded the voyager 1 spacecraft, having completed its primary mission and now leaving the solar system, to turn its camera around and take this photograph of earth — the pale blue dot, against the vastness of space. From this distant vantage point, the Earth might not seem of particular […]