Have you ever felt like that?
I know I have.
Well today I checked on a blogger friend at myinfertilitywoes and she had attached a link to her blogger friend Lily at The infertile mind. Her friend had made an inspirational e book on infertility that can be viewed as a video or a pdf which you can download from her site. It was great. I was so glad I viewed it, and I hope you will too.
Her ebook helped me put in perspective the anger and sadness I had felt regarding my infertility this weekend after I was told I was "still young" and "had plenty of time", and then later when a different person told me to "enjoy this time I had without kids".
While I would've rather these friends hadn't told me these things, there is some truth to what they said.
I am still young, and even if I am old when I have kids, I won't be too old to love them. I may not be a celebrity, but they certainly aren't the only ones who can have kids way past their prime. And I should enjoy the time I have to be with just my husband, I dreamed of this time when we would be able to spend time together as a married couple. And if I only focus on what I don't have I will spoil this time that I do have.
So, if you're infertile and you know it: Blog about it.
That might help.
Yay! So glad you liked it and thanks for mentioning me :)
ReplyDeleteI LOVED how she has a page that says "You can impact a child's life at any time". It's so meaningful to me, especially from Lily, because she's been teaching me so much to be a great adult influence on others - she does it with her nieces & nephews and it inspires me to do the same.
I also love "Joy has no deadline" - yeah, live for today!!
Just wanted to say Thank You for telling me that you appreciated the e-book and then imagine my surprise to find a post about it here, too! I used to never talk about my infertility but ever since I have, I continue to meet amazing woman after amazing woman. Women like you and myinfertilitywoes!
ReplyDeleteI love the blog title. And FYI: today, the official last day of my 20s, I am stomping my feet like crazy! :)
ReplyDeletehappy iclw!
ReplyDeleteyou know, blogging about our IF has been the most helpful thing throughout this journey. and the blogging community has been so supportive.
::stomping my feet!::
I hate that "enjoy your childfree life now while you have" - what if you don't want it?
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I'm stomping my feet, loudly.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI'm stomping my feet too.
Oh & don't you just love it, along with the AWESOME advice... don't you JUST love it when people offer you their misbehaving children?