When I thought about what I would write about for my bi-monthly spot in Pregnancy After Loss Support’s publishing calendar, my mind flashed back to something a doctor said to me right before an important ultrasound. She said, “A uterus is a potential space.” It’s an interesting way to talk about an organ but I think the reason the moment came to me wasn’t because of biology.
Tag Archives: lyric essays
Why I Choose City Life, Even Now
A reflection on the value of living in an urban area — in spite of everything.
A Container for Complexity in 2020
A reflection on acceptance, adaptation, and persistence during the Covid-19 pandemic, social justice uprisings, and infertility
What Raising Butterflies Taught Me About Miscarriage
How I learned to live with pain and possibility.
Heart Tropism
For plants to live, roots must detect and then respond to what is happening to them. I think our hearts are a little like that.