by Maggie Lamond Simone
My son was upset the other night because he realized he’d only practiced piano a couple times throughout the week and his lesson was the next day. He was very hard on himself, and I said, “I’m sorry, honey. You’re only nine; mommy needs to remind you more often. That’s part of my job.” […]
by Susan Newman
by Aleta St. James
You probably haven’t given your colon a great deal of thought, unless you’ve ever had to prep for a colonoscopy. Now, I’m going to ask you to look at your colon in a whole new way. It’s the key to experiencing true emotional digestion. So what’s emotional digestion? […]
by Rosemary Lichtman, Ph.D. and Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D.
When a crisis hits – the end of a marriage, the loss of a job, or the death of a loved one – it throws you into a complete tailspin. Suddenly your world is no longer safe and secure. What can you do to pick up the pieces and take the first steps toward living a full life again? […]
Fertility doctors believe they have cracked the secret of how to give women in their early 40s a similar chance of having a child through IVF as those a decade younger.
It involves testing embryos thoroughly for major genetic abnormalities, the main reason why middle-aged women so often struggle to conceive. Genetically normal embryos are then frozen for a month or two, to allow women’s hormones to settle after IVF drug treatment, before being thawed and inserted in the womb.
Read more at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/9624688/Doctors-may-have-unlocked-secret-of-IVF-success-for-older-mothers.html
Dear Reader: With Adoption Awareness Month set for November, we’re posting this in support of the movement and to benefit all those choosing adoption.
Save the Adoption Tax Credit is an effort of the Adoption Tax Credit Working Group—a collaboration of 139 adoption and child welfare organizations dedicated to preserving tax credits for families choosing adoption. What follows is a portion of the letter sent earlier this year to interested individuals, organizations and families. […]
by Valerie Gillies
“There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.” Rainer Marie Rilke
There’s an old video game called Prince of Persia. You progress from room to room, and need to choose, hidden among the clutter — shall I take the flashlight or the dagger? or maybe the rope? There is no way of knowing what will come next, what you will need. You just have to do your best, with no time to think, and keep on moving. […]
by Andrea Lynn
Every month in my Single Mothers by Choice group, members who are trying to conceive using various fertility treatments link up on our internet forum to cheer each other on during the dreaded “two week wait” between their insemination or IVF and their pregnancy test. I am a lurker on this thread now, my days of knocking myself up all in the past. But I’ve been watching the average age of these hopeful women drift younger and younger, with mixed feelings. […]
Dear Reader: All I’ve got to say is, “Good for her.” Read on:
A 96-year-old man has become the world’s oldest dad, for the second time.
Indian Pensioner Ramjeet Raghav and his wife, Shakuntala, who is half his age (54), welcomed their second son, Ranjeet, into the world earlier this month. […]
