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A Story About Broken Glass and New Beginnings

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Joy Hedding I cried over a broken glass last night. A simple, slightly larger than pint-sized glass. The graphic on the glass said, “No! You Can’t Have A Sip.” I bawled as I swept up the shards of glasses from the floor. Each piece... made me catch my breath in the back of my throat. The pinprick cuts I got on my hands from picking up each and every single bit of glass were completely ignored. I cleaned up the floor, tidied the broom and dustpan. Then I went back to washing [...]

A Story About Miscarriage and New Beginnings

By Every Family's Got One Guest Writer -- Kathy Radigan “Well that’s it, I’ve finally flipped,” was all I could think of as I spent the 45-minute commute into my office obsessing over the fact that we didn’t have enough life insurance on my husband. I couldn’t understand why I was obsessing on this, considering that our family was Joe, me, and our cat. Obviously, it was time to take my fertility doctor up on her offer to give me some referrals to a therapist familiar with infertility issues. It finally happened, I’ve slipped into the abyss. The past [...]