December 13 It’s the morning of our first embryo transfer, the day we’ve been counting down since the moment we received our schedule. The date that’s been circled on the calendar, etched into our minds as the date that everything could change. We lie in […]
After R places the needles in the specific points on my body, she dims the lights, presses play on the radio, and shuts the door. Rainfall plays through her CD-player radio. The red light that hovers over my stomach for warmth, illuminates a spot on […]
Fall 2020 I end the phone call with the doctor confident in our decision to move forward with treatment, completely ignorant to what the treatment entailed. It wasn’t until I heard from the nurse a few days later where we had a plan in place […]
This sandwich is the ideal I-don’t-feel-like-cooking weekday dinner, that comes together in less than 15 minutes, has minimal ingredients, yet ends with a delicious outcome. This was created in an attempt to forge the fridge yet has now found itself intentionally on our weekday dinner […]
I declared this recipe my new go-to party dish after falling in love with my first bite. My mother-in-law gifted me the New York Time’s Best of 100 Years Cookbook at Christmas time, which I was buried in for hours. This recipe was first to […]
I wrote this recipe in 2014 and it’s time to dust it off to let it shine. Quinoa is cooked in curry powder and tossed with blistered corn and peppers, toasted sunflower kernels, avocado, hand torn mint, and chili-lime-marinated shrimp. The dressing is good enough […]
As the pit in my stomach grew, I begged the nurse for more information. What could possibly be wrong to warrant us to stop having unprotected sex immediately? I am not the expert, the nurse said, but the counselor is. So you’ll have to wait until […]