by Gwen Vogelzang | Feb 11, 2020 | Infertility & Adoption
I know, “infertiles” isn’t a sensitive term. You’re right and you can definitely NOT refer to me as such. But I can use the term on myself. Now that we have that out of the way…. I’ve never been pregnant. The lines on the stick have...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Sep 14, 2018 | Infertility & Adoption
Whether the misguiding was the fault of the people we trusted to lead us, or our own for not digging and researching and reading and asking, it doesn’t matter. None of this is tidy. 11 years ago, when we decided to start our family through adoption, we knew...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Apr 9, 2018 | I Want You To Know, Infertility & Adoption, Special(ish) Needs
I sat on my girlfriend’s couch on Thursday, watching her love on and swoon over her new baby boy. He’s 2 weeks new, scrumptious as they come, and is an answer to years of pleading and praying and mourning over God’s plan for their family. His jet...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Mar 2, 2017 | Infertility & Adoption
I was laying in a white lounge chair at the end of a row of 5 pregnant women. The woman next to me was a sweet sweet friend from church, her head cocked toward mine in anticipation. The others were strangers to me. There was powdery, white sand under the edge of our...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Feb 12, 2017 | Infertility & Adoption
It was a Tuesday I think. I was in the shower and Tim was getting ready to bike the 13 miles to his office. The kids were sleeping, the dog was sprawled on our white linen bedspread, staring at us longingly. My always analyzing and deep feeling heart had...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Nov 16, 2016 | Infertility & Adoption, Juicy Randomness
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. For our family, that doesn’t mean we run around telling everyone in earshot to adopt. I will never look someone in the eyeballs and tell them to adopt. I won’t. Because adoption isn’t a calling for...
