posted May 13, 2014 02:30 PM            

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Originally posted by MoonWitch:

lol. It would be easier for me to love my body if I was fertile!

So I can sorta sympathize on a different end of the spectrum.

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I hope you don't mind me asking this but - did you took adoption into consideration? You guys seem like good people - so maybe some kid who wasn't lucky with his birth parents - could find a home in those who weren't lucky with the birth... thingy.

posted May 13, 2014 03:34 PM            

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Originally posted by MoonWitch:

There is also endometrial ablation!

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And a hysterectomy!

posted May 13, 2014 04:23 PM            

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Originally posted by 7thGuardian:
I hope you don't mind me asking this but - did you took adoption into consideration? You guys seem like good people - so maybe some kid who wasn't lucky with his birth parents - could find a home in those who weren't lucky with the birth... thingy.

I know you have your distillery - and if that business grows, I'm sure it will make a lot of people happy. But... i felt like asking this anyway. If you don't mind - ofc, it's a delicate subject i presume - one you didn't open-up yourself. So, i take responsibility for that.

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Of course, I don't mind at all. I have brought up the possibility of adoption with my husband. Right now he's not on board with that. I hope he changes his mind at some point. I have a feeling he may give it some more thought when he realizes how important it is to me.

When I my son was a newborn, 15 years ago, I remember feeling very strongly that I wanted THREE children. That felt very right to me and I never imagined it wouldn't happen. So... the fact that there is an issue having just two and the fact that my husband doesn't have any kids of his own (though, he does love my son!) - has made this journey incredibly difficult to navigate.

I'm not still stuck on the number three but if I could add just one more little one to nurture, I would really love that. I'd be perfectly ok with adopting.

Otherwise, I may just become the crazy cat and dog and zoo lady - and there is nothing wrong with that either but... yeah...

posted May 14, 2014 01:43 PM            

I've been suffering from digestion problems for years now. My body lets me know when it hates foods immediately and when something is okay to eat.

Going to start working on strengthening my body again, so I can be strong and work on energy flow.

posted May 14, 2014 02:07 PM            

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Of course, I don't mind at all. I have brought up the possibility of adoption with my husband. Right now he's not on board with that. I hope he changes his mind at some point. I have a feeling he may give it some more thought when he realizes how important it is to me.

When I my son was a newborn, 15 years ago, I remember feeling very strongly that I wanted THREE children. That felt very right to me and I never imagined it wouldn't happen. So... the fact that there is an issue having just two and the fact that my husband doesn't have any kids of his own (though, he does love my son!) - has made this journey incredibly difficult to navigate.

I'm not still stuck on the number three but if I could add just one more little one to nurture, I would really love that. I'd be perfectly ok with adopting.

Otherwise, I may just become the crazy cat and dog and zoo lady - and there is nothing wrong with that either but... yeah...

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posted May 14, 2014 07:01 PM            

He's so good to put up with me! I've taken half days at work in order to rescue an animal... I've had him in the thorn bushes outside my office window to rescue an abandoned kitten... I've brought back animals and had them at my desk the rest of the day after my lunchtime walk...

posted May 15, 2014 02:23 AM            

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I would like to save all the animals from homelessness!! It's almost a fault. I'm the one that brings everything home, injured, sick, lost, nurse them to health and set them free if they were wild or find them homes if they weren't.

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posted May 16, 2014 12:41 PM            

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I would like to save all the animals from homelessness!! It's almost a fault. I'm the one that brings everything home, injured, sick, lost, nurse them to health and set them free if they were wild or find them homes if they weren't.

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That sounds uplifting! I wish I'd have nursing skills like yours. Maybe one day... i will. ^^

posted October 28, 2014 06:43 PM            

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I wasn't wearing anything fancy when one afternoon my three year old wandered over, grasped the hem of my top in his fingers, studied it, and twirling it between his little thumb and forefinger, looked up at me, my hair all helter-skelter, not a single stitch of make up applied, standing there in the slightly messy kitchen and ever-so-matter-of-factly called me a princess.

He exact words were, "Mommy, you're a bee-YOO-tiful princess."

Just like that. And you know what? He meant it.

My first thought was, "Ha! What a silly boy! I look awful! I'm tired and I haven't showered in two days and I'm almost certain I slept in this top," but after I carelessly patted his head of thick, beautiful blonde curls and muttered a half-serious "thank you," it struck me.

I want to always see myself as my boys see me.

Because despite all of my imperfections, the things that I like least about myself, the perpetual bags under my eyes, the lack of makeup, the wrinkles that hug my eyes, the softness of my middle, the things I try so often to hide about myself, they see none of that.

In their eyes I am perfect.

I am a beautiful princess. I am the best pancake maker. The fastest Hot Wheels racer. I am the funniest teller of Knock Knock Jokes and the best Reader of Stories at bedtime. I am the prettiest Mommy and the Greatest Mommy they've ever had. Of course I'm the only Mommy they've ever had but regardless, I'm the best one.

They don't see the bags under my eyes or the exhaustion that hangs heavy on my shoulders some mornings. They don't know my pants size or how many pounds I've lost or gained or how I sometimes wonder if my husband ever misses the body of that college co-ed he fell in love with over ten years ago.

My boys love me more than anything in their whole little world despite those times I lost my patience and raised my voice. Despite the times I was The Enforcer of Time Outs and Force-Feeder of Broccoli.

I am a beautiful princess standing right there in the kitchen, a midst a sink full of dishes and two rooms above a dryer full of laundry that's on it's fourth dry cycle.

How awesome is that?

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Btw, I remember a guy telling me that when he was a little boy he'd try to force his belly out so he could have a spare tire potbelly like his dad.

posted October 29, 2014 04:52 AM            

Thanks for the bump, I have been thinking about this thread.