Table of Contents

Realizing There's A Problem

Are We Infertile?

Realizations

Rude Awakenings

Do We Keep Quiet or Tell the World?

Do I Want to Be Alone?

You Are Not Alone

Have We Done Something Wrong?

The Sin of Infertility

Children Are Required

Why Doesn’t My Family Understand?

Related Opinions

A Test of Wills

Why does the MAN care?

Life Goes On

The Story of G'Nor

How Do We Keep Communicating?

Honesty, the Best Medicine

What's So Funny?

Trying To Get Pregnant

Seeking Help, Choosing A Doctor

When It Takes More than Two

The Bookstore

Handling Drugs and Surgery

Treatment: Blessing or Curse?

Interruptions

Examining Alternative Pregnancies

Breaking the Rules

Beating the System

Considering Prayer

Prayer: Can it Help?

The Patience of John

Acknowledging Your Emotions

Riding the Roller Coaster

Going Up... to Hope

Going Down... to Despair

Never Expect to Be in Control

Those Everyday Gotcha' Times

Cat's in the Cradle

Oh, Those Holidays

Can Holidays Be Holy?

We Won’t Be Home for Christmas

What We've Lost!

Can You Touch It?

Can You See It?

Dealing With Your Emotions

Sharing Your Pain With Others

Cultivate Your Friends

Security in Numbers

Handling What People Say

What People Say

Present Intense

Staying In Touch With Your Spouse

Retreat with your Spouse

Betrayal and Healing

Dealing With Work

When Work is in the Way

“Dear Diary”

Accepting Others’ Parenting Decisions

You Can Do Better

A Nightlight for Her Worries

Giving Love to Pets

Pets as Therapy

A Knight in Shining Armor

Moving On With Your Life

Coping Mechanisms

Distract Yourself With Life

Velveteen Realities

Naming an Unborn Child

What’s in a Name?

Petals in the Wind

Adoption as an Option

Two Roads Diverged in a Wood, And I...

Child of My Heart

Childless or Childfree?

One Way or the Other

The Chains of Freedom

What We've Gained

Our Lives Are What We Make of Them

Freedom from Chains