Posts Tagged ‘family’

I was talking with a woman last week who was very clear that she didn’t want to leave having a baby to chance. She wanted a plan.

I don’t blame her! Of course she wants a plan. Even from where I sit, in a beautiful relationship with my husband, I still want things to go according to my plan. And they’re not!

I’m in the midst of my own baby-longing recently. I have been attempting to will my body to get pregnant. But it is not going according to plan. Letting go and surrendering to this has become the biggest spiritual practices of my life.

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