Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of

I’ll Always Wonder “What if…” – Guest post for National Infertility Awareness Week 2012

by JW Moxie on April 28, 2012 · 9 comments

in Baby ART, Infertility, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of

Today is the last day of National Infertility Awareness Week. This year’s theme of “Don’t Ignore Infertility” was spread far and wide. I read many powerful pieces, each about the importance of not ignoring the many ways that infertility can shade and color people’s lives. Don’t ignore me. Don’t ignore that infertility is emotional, not [...]

Tagged as: blogging, community, friends, guest post, infertility

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Don’t Ignore Your Emotional Infertility Needs – National Infertility Awareness Week 2012

by JW Moxie on April 22, 2012 · 8 comments

in Baby ART, Infertility, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of

If you or someone you cared about had the starring role in a movie, chances are pretty good that you’d encourage others to go out and watch it, or at least read the synopsis of it. Whether there’s nail-biting suspense, terrifying horror, or even a comedic spin, approximately 7.3 million Americans, are actors in dramas [...]

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Finding Your Tribes: Part IV on Emotional Infertility & Support in the ALI Community

by JW Moxie on April 9, 2012 · 35 comments

in Baby ART, Infertility, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, Tribes

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came. You want to be where you can see, our troubles are all the same. You want to be where everybody knows your name. ~Theme song to “Cheers”/Lyrics by Gary Portnoy & Judy Hart Angelo Welcome to [...]

Tagged as: blogging, community, finding your tribe, friends, infertility, Tribes, writing

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House Rules: Part III on Emotional Infertility and the ALI Community

by JW Moxie on April 5, 2012 · 24 comments

in Baby ART, Infertility, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, Tribes

Welcome to Part III of my series on Emotional/Mental Infertility in the ALI Community. If you’re just tuning in or would like a recap, you can find the first two parts here: Part I: Emotional/Mental Infertility and Its Impact on the Adoption, Loss, and Infertility (ALI) Community Part II: How Your Level of Emotional Infertility [...]

Tagged as: ALI, blogging, community, emotional infertility, infertility, mental infertility

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Bullets are for Gangstas – Episode 4? 5? Something.

by JW Moxie on March 22, 2012 · 9 comments

in (Not So) Dangerous Minds, Bullets Are for Gangstas, FAMILY, Frankly Speaking, I'M JUST SAYIN', Infertility, On Writing, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, The Minions

I had a helluva day at work today. It was the kind of day in which I wish that I could save some of these kids from themselves, and then I feel sad because I know that I can’t. Only they have the power to save themselves. I just hope that they realize this before [...]

Tagged as: adolescence, cancer sucks, gangsta, poop humor, teaching, the Minions, The Sads, writing

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How Your Level of Emotional Infertility Affects Your Support Needs in the ALI Community

by JW Moxie on March 17, 2012 · 36 comments

in Baby ART, Infertility, On Writing, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, The Surrogacy Files

When I began writing about the current state of the ALI community on Monday, I thought that I would be able to round out what I had to say in just one additional post. In part because of the amazing discussion that happened in the comments of the first post, I find that I have [...]

Tagged as: ALI community, blogging, community, infertility, surrogacy, writing

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Love: A Letter to My Daughter

by JW Moxie on March 14, 2012 · 7 comments

in Baby ART, FAMILY, Flashback, Infertility, On Writing, Outsmarting Infertility, Sort-of, The Minions, Worth a thousand words

I am working on the second of my posts about the upheaval in the Adoption, Loss, and Infertility community. In the first, I discussed emotional infertility and then posed some questions about how it may have affected the type of support you sought in the infertility community. The comments on that post are some of [...]