Meet Giggles
I am an educator and PhD. I quilt, belly dance, run, read, and try to grow things. I am a Mormon. I am infertile. I am a daughter, sister, aunt, grand-daughter, friend, wife, and mom.
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Posts I’m Proud Of
What I’m Reading
- Living With Enthusiasm
by L. Tom Perry
131 pages
Started: 3 February 2014 - The Castle of Llyr
by Lloyd Alexander
206 pages
Started: 2 February 2014
- Living With Enthusiasm
Shared Thoughts
Brett L. Dennis - Popcorn on the Christmas Tree
Mama g - Popcorn on the Christmas Tree- Mama g - A Hebrew Alphabet Quiet Book
Giggles - A Hebrew Alphabet Quiet Book- Brett L. Dennis - A Hebrew Alphabet Quiet Book
AmandaStretch - Talent Show!- Mama g - Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Category Archives: Infertility
How to Make a Baby
Categories: Family, Health, Infertility
Our original plan was to welcome our first child shortly after our first anniversary, when I was done with my coursework for my degree. But as the saying goes, man makes plans and God laughs. Our plans for when and how to have children were not God’s plans for us. Keep reading
15 Shared thoughts
Not giving up on our dreams
Categories: Family, Infertility
We’ve had many dreams over the last three years waiting for this little girl. And while they have been modified many times, the important thing was we did not give up on them, even when the skies got rough. Keep reading
Just don’t. It’s awkward.
Categories: Family, Infertility
Asking about a couple’s sex life is always awkward, even if you ask indirectly. Unless you are privy to the details of a couple’s reproductive plans, pretty much any comment related to reproduction is going to be inappropriate, and make the situation awkward. Keep reading
Join the Movement: Speak the Silence
Categories: Health, Infertility
I did not want to be told to just relax, to just adopt, to just try this other treatment, to feel lucky I didn’t have kids, to only talk about infertility. Say you don’t know what to say but you are praying. Keep reading
Holding on together
Categories: Family, Infertility, Relationships
We walked and talked, moving forward, together. … The stress of infertility has definitely weighed heavy on our shoulders, but we’ve hefted the yoke together. Keep reading
When your soul is in my soul’s stead
Categories: Infertility
In the last two years two more shows I watch have brought issues of infertility into the mix. This time my soul was there in the dark and cloudy day. … Any child that comes into our family will be because of a lot of deliberate planning. Keep reading
My normal is different
Categories: Health, Infertility
[The pain] was just normal for me. I didn’t realize it might not be normal for everyone. I wasn’t aware of what endometriosis was, or that I had it. Keep reading
