During August, as I enjoy some travel time, I’m sharing some of my favorite and your favorite posts from the past year. I’ll look forward to seeing you again in September. ~Lisa
Today’s post was originally run on 9/26/12
Yesterday I accompanied my friend as she underwent a very unpleasant test for a big, scary health issue. My friend is a lot like me: she has no children and her family is many miles away. No one should go through something like this alone, so I volunteered to be, what she good-naturedly called, her “Biopsy Buddy.”
I’m sure the medical center staff has been highly trained in putting nervous patients at ease, and the nurse who prepped my friend for her procedure did a good job of making safe small-talk. Unfortunately, she latched onto the topic of Halloween, her big plans to go to Disneyland for the evening, and the problems of trying to find a Halloween costume to fit a 7-year-old with extra-long legs. If she was looking to get a conversation started to ease the tension, she picked the wrong, darn subject.
I don’t blame her for going with what she assumed to be a safe bet. I just wish the topic of children wasn’t always the go-to conversation starter.
It’s Whiny Wednesday. What do you wish was different today?
I had to miss work due to a infertility related doctor’s appointment. Upon returning to work, a co-worker, all smiles, asked me, “Well don’t you want to share your news?” I was totally confused. She had assumed that I was at a prenatal appointment and was of course pregnant. Luckily, a friend jumped in and shared that the big news was that I had just bought a house. I was so grateful that she changed the subject to other things going on in my life.
Thank goodness for your friend!
At this point, I wish the infertility journey wasn’t over, that we didn’t get our last BFN yesterday and that I wasn’t feeling the heartache of being childless not by choice.
So that is my Whiny Wednesday!
Fortunately I am also managing to find the positive amongst it all and I’m grateful for that.
Hugs!!!