Mandy Is A Mommy

Babies seemed to happen for everyone else so naturally, not for Mandy. Joyful anticipation soon turned to sorrow. Everywhere she turned, the rounded bellies of expectant mothers only intensified Mandy’s feelings of failure. Her heart desired to kiss the soft down of hair on her infant’s head, inhaling the newborn scent while holding him or her close. Read More

From the Heart: “A Collection of Stories and Poems from the Front Lines of Parenting”

From the Heart: ” Collection of Stories and Poems from the Front Lines of Parenting” may no longer be in print, but if you’re interested, you can connect and contact the editor at https://writeforcharity.wordpress.com/the-book/. Read More

Menopausal Pandemic Wedding Blues

Why does no one talk about menopause?  Every woman who has ever borne children shares her pregnancy and birth stories, yet menopause is considered too indelicate a topic for open discussion?   Why? It is a terribly uncomfortable transition that every living woman must endure, some earlier than others.     For a healthy woman in her Read More

“Crowd Funding on the Oregon Trail”

Oxford dictionary defines crowdfunding as, “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.” Crowdfunding has been around since the 1700’s, however the modern day version of crowdfunding surfaced in 1997 when the British rock band Marillion funded their Read More