Does anyone else find it amusing that this hurricane, which is projected to yield something like a 500-mile range of destruction, is dubbed with a name that is more often a nickname than a given name? I have no doubt that there are lovely people whose names are simply “Sandy.” But more often the Sandys […]

To Whom It May Concern (and that means you):   I wish to bring to your attention an issue that has plagued me in the past, but has, of late, made life considerably more difficult for me. Before I even get to it, I want to note that I have been in your shoes; I […]

  Yesterday I had a routine doctor’s appointment. To get those who may have missed it up to speed, most of the monthly visits with this pregnancy have been difficult for me, since I learned we lost Ethan at a routine ultrasound. My nerves only began to settle at twelve weeks—once I knew this baby […]