951st Friday Blog Roundup
I don’t think I’m going to listen, but Serial Productions is tackling an IVF story out of a Yale clinic where the nurse was replacing the pain killers used during retrieval with saline.
Once upon a time, I would have listened, but treatment stories have been hitting hard with the twins leaving home, similar to the early days after we stopped treatments the second time. It feels like the time in between was a mountain that I could stand on and get some distance from those stories, understanding them and feeling a kinship with the women, but also far enough away that it doesn’t hurt. But now, I feel like I’m back in a valley. It’s hard to hear about cycling.
But I leave it here in case anyone else wants to hear it.
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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.
Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.
As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.
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And now the blogs…
But first, second, helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. To read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:
- “Life Just Goes On Without Them” (Bereaved and Blessed)
Okay, now my choices this week.
I had Bereaved and Blessed’s post for this week because I read it on Friday evening. She marks the two years since she last saw her father alive and how a concert led her to find a profound line about life and loss. This line made me cry: “Life does go on without them and I am doing my best to live mine with intention and meaning, one day at a time, while not taking things for granted.” Sending peace of heart.
Lastly, The Road Less Travelled tackles childlessness and religion. She writes, “Churches can be wonderful, welcoming places with lots of programming and activities geared towards children and families — but they’re not so great when you don’t fit that particular mold.” At the same time, they provide structure and community. Here’s to a future of organizations welcoming everyone.
The roundup to the Roundup: IVF podcast. Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between June 23 – 30) and not the blog’s main URL. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week. Read the original open thread post here.
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Yeah, I am on the fence about that podcast… I imagine I will listen eventually and I appreciate how it can be triggering. I just finished listening to the 13th Step, which was so well done and blew my mind, about how 12 Step/recovery programs intersect with Me Too (of course they do and still, I hadn’t thought about it before). That was triggering for me, coming from a long line of family members who have been in 12 Step programs and made me think about them in ways I never have before, especially how they were created by and for cis white men initially (as so many things were) and how that has been problematic for those who identify as women and also addicts who want to get sober.
Thank you so much for featuring my post about my dad and that quote, as well as thanks to Lori for sharing it. It is always an honor to discover that you have done so and if I never have an article or book published outside of my blog, knowing that you have highlighted my words over the years means so much. It always reminds me how I’d love to get into a routine of reading and commenting on blogs more, not to mention writing, and then I give myself grace, because this age/stage of life, especially with “sandwich parenting” is a lot. Sending love our way from the Midwest, especially as you navigate this next part of your journey with the twins. xoxo
Thanks for the recognition, Mel — much appreciated! 🙂 I haven’t listened to the podcast either, mostly because my life is hectic lately, and while I enjoy listening to the odd podcast, I find I have to SIT there and really focus on listening (and not try to multitask while I’m doing it), because suddenly half an hour will have gone by and I can’t remember a single thing that was said. (Which is also why I haven’t really gotten into audiobooks either…!)
Oh, that podcast… not listening to it, but how downright evil!
Not sure this one’s within the timelines for second helpings, but I loved Mali’s post about being “radical:”
https://nokiddinginnz.blogspot.com/2023/07/is-no-kidding-life-radical-one.html