Category Archives: miscarriage

Detox

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Marie

This week will be the second time in my life I’ve done some kind of a body cleansing/detox program. The first time was a few weeks after my D&C, because the pregnancy hormones in my body had thrown my whole … Continue reading →

Posted in birth control, friends, miscarriage, past, perspective, present | 5 Comments

To answer your question…

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Marie

In honor of April being National Infertility Awareness Month, I thought I might attempt to answer the one question I’m being asked a lot lately… Q: You know you’re not infertile, right?! A: Yes, I do know that.  However… I … Continue reading →

Posted in friends, future, miscarriage, past, perspective, positive thinking | 9 Comments

Over-share/under-share

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Marie

I’ve been noticing, these past few months, that I’ve started to really “own” a lot of parts of my life I used to think merited secretiveness.  Like the two-year relationship I had with another girl’s boyfriend while I was in … Continue reading →

Posted in friends, miscarriage, work | 6 Comments

Quitting cold-turkey (TMI warning)

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Marie

Four weeks later, I’ve finally figured out what I should have given up for Lent.  And I never would have believed I’d be writing an entire post on this subject, but here we are. I was talking to a friend … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy and loss (but not pregnancy loss)

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Marie

So, to finally get to the point of my post yesterday, which was about me being a friend-collector and never wanting to say goodbye to or grow apart from anyone…  Somewhere along this road, I made pregnancy synonymous with friendship … Continue reading →

Posted in friends, miscarriage, negative thinking, pregnant women, Uncategorized | 19 Comments

Impulse control

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Marie

I’m sitting at my mom’s “desk” (kitchen table), typing on her laptop.  I’m exhausted: last night’s poetic elegance has all been washed away as a result of going to bed at midnight and waking up at…  5:11 a.m., eleven minutes … Continue reading →

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Getting it, and getting through it

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Marie

First, team, for anyone who selected “Other” and wrote in a response for the polls on yesterday’s post, I wasn’t able to read those write-in answers.  And I really want to know what they are, so if you haven’t already, … Continue reading →

Posted in miscarriage, other people's stories, perspective, Uncategorized, words to live by, work, writing | 13 Comments

Damn the plan

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Marie

On the local news yesterday morning, in the midst of all the buzz about the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, the anchor mentioned a study that had found that people who don’t bet on the tournament report higher levels of … Continue reading →

Posted in divorce, future, love, marriage, miscarriage, negative thinking, past, writing | 4 Comments

Mrs. Lee

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Marie

In late 2006, just a few weeks before my ex and I were to get married in the eyes of the state (the church wedding would come later), I went up to Los Angeles to spend a weekend with my … Continue reading →

Posted in divorce, friends, future, miscarriage, past, words to live by | 7 Comments

All this and the death penalty too?!

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Marie

In the years since my miscarriage, there’s been this cute little trend by American (Republican) (male) politicians: they want to make miscarriage a crime. Really, what they want is to make abortion a crime – a debate which I’m not even … Continue reading →

Posted in family, love, miscarriage, writing | 5 Comments