Why Don’t You Just Adopt?

When I was going through IVF—and in the thick of not succeeding—I was depressed in a way I didn’t think was possible. People thought they were being comforting when they asked me, “Why don’t you…

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Owning My “Dirty Little Secret”

In October 2024, I wrote my first post on this blog called “My Dirty Little Secret—Exposed.” It was the first time I admitted, publicly, what I had been hiding for so long: my story of…

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Embracing My Pivot Year

I was scrolling on Instagram when I came across a reel featuring Hoda Kotb talking about the book she was reading: The Pivot Year by Brianna Wiest. The words she quoted from The Pivot Year…

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