June 18, 2017 Just Finished: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman This is a story about a grief-stricken, unapologetic curmudgeon and the community that embraces him anyway. Based on the runaway rave reviews it has received, I thought I’d like it more than I did—it...
read moreJune 7, 2017 I am not one to give any kind of credit to shit. Shit is shit. And the entire campaign, election, and everything since has been pure shit. But there is no denying that between RESOLVE and the RESISTANCE, I have more SHEros now than I've ever had in...
read moreJune 3, 2017 The beleaguered, battered, run-by-a-greedy-bastard, Miami Marlins somehow never give up on themselves, each other, or the game. Tonight, pitcher Edinson Volquez, who lost his father during the 2015 World Series, and his brother and a friend/KC Royals...
read moreJune 3, 2017 I love this sign, which I made for the Treasure Coast Truth March, and think is both meaningful and hilarious. So did most people who saw it, but I got some backlash too, that it was offensive, or that it was not a good and/or appropriate message to help...
read moreMay 31, 2017 I found this article about Rob Russo, Hillary Clinton's longtime aide in charge of her correspondence fascinating, and so, so lovely. Writing matters. ...
read moreMay 20, 2017 Dear Mr. Brian Mast, You have a misconception about what is happening in your district offices. I can only speak to the meetings in which I’ve been a participant (some as an IndivisibleMartin member, some not), but they are numerous, and on those...
read moreMay 19, 2017 Wow, what a difference a year makes. If you'd have told me last year I'd be in meetings at the Capitol all day to urge legislators to permanently extend IVF treatment for veterans (currently for two years), I would have believed you, bc I knew I wanted to...
read moreMay 17, 2017 So, DC's cool. My first law: Universal Beer! #RESOLVE #AdvocacyDay #lookmomiminthesenate!...
read moreMay 17, 2017 "Armed" and ready for my trip today to Washington, DC for RESOLVE Advocacy Day! Eek! #RESOLVE #TreasureCoastResolve #1in8 #InfertilitySucks...
read moreMay 16, 2017 Packing for my trip to RESOLVE Advocacy Day tomorrow...so many socks, so few days in DC! #RESOLVE #TreasureCoastResolve #1in8...
read moreMay 12, 2017 To say that Mother's Day is hard on women struggling to have a baby or who have lost a baby is a massive understatement. What many people don't know is that it's even hard in varying ways on those of us who now have children. Everyone deserves a happy...
read moreMay 9, 2017 Chapter 11: Investigate "The individual who investigates is also the citizen who builds. The leader who dislikes the investigators is a potential tyrant." #ComeyFiredByTrump...
read moreMay 9, 2017 Book : The Nasty Women Project This reading was nothing short of fabulous. I cried (a lot), I laughed (a lot), I was moved and inspired, as a writer, as a fertility warrior, as a fierce mama, as an activist, as a woman, as a human. Thank you, Susan Stutz...
read moreMay 7, 2017 EMMANUEL MACRON AND THE MODERN FAMILY WOW. Love this article on so many levels: Reproductive justice. All kinds of ways to make a family. Be Kind; Don't Be A Dick. To thyself be true... So envious France gets him, and we get...
read moreMay 1, 2017 Historian Timothy Snyder: “It’s pretty much inevitable” that Trump will try to stage a coup and overthrow democracy. The time is now. We are in a moment. We are the ones. Our actions matter. Buy this book- it's $7 and you can read it in an afternoon! "The...
read moreApril 30, 2017 Last year, no where near Easter, I randomly found this Golden Egg during a run. I gave it to my dear friend and IF/BT sister, Victoria Strome, for good luck that she would soon find her Golden Egg. Indeed she did, and this week Baby V was born!! If only...
read moreApril 26, 2017 Once there was a girl who was a tomboy, except she loved to play with dolls, and always wanted to be a mom. She waited a long time for that dream, and planned it all rather perfectly—loving husband, sweet home, promising career, and, now a woman, was...
read moreApril 24, 2017 No better way to kick off NIAW (National Infertility Awareness Week) than sharing my warrior sister, advocate, and friend on the FRONT COVER OF USA TODAY!! Thank you for courageously sharing your story, Bill and Angela Bergmann. <3 Infertility is a...
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