weekly summary, vol. 42
PAIL Special Announcements/Reminders: On our blogroll? Help your readers find us! Post the PAIL icon! Need help figuring out how to post the button, click here for details! If you are having issues,...
View Articlethe monday snapshot – HAPPY EASTER!!
Hi everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. I know I’ve seen a ton of bunny pictures floating all over my various feeds and we’d love to see how you spent the weekend. Whether celebrating...
View Articlenews item: why toddlers freak out about EVERYTHING
If you have a toddler, or have spent more than 10 minutes with someone else’s toddler, you know that they are basically losing their sh*t all day long. Sure there are great times, signing, dancing,...
View Articlefeatured post: “identity, identity” by trying not to scream
How do you define yourself? There are many labels that we all wear. Some, we select; others are slapped onto us like bumper stickers by the people around us. I can easily list some of my own...
View Articleweekly summary, vol. 43
PAIL Special Announcements/Reminders: On our blogroll? Help your readers find us! Post the PAIL icon! If you need help figuring out how to post the button, click here for details. If you are having...
View Articlethe monday snapshot – Ms. Future PharmD
Ms. Future PharmD is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving its members...
View Articlehealing week: a breath of fresh air
April is an important month in the ALI world, as it is the month that the biggest infertility resource out there (Resolve.org) hosts their annual National Infertility Awareness Week. This year’s theme...
View Articlehealing week: the in-between
Timing is funny. Just these past few weeks there has been some buzz around the Internets about ALI (Adoption/Loss/Infertility) peeps and healing. And how that process looks different for every single...
View Articlehealing week: choose your own adventure
This week, we’re covering the topic of healing in the ALI world, specifically within the context of parenting. I’m going to talk about… not healing. Sort of. In the back of my fridge on the top right...
View Articlehealing week: the nerve
This week at PAIL, each of the contributing editors is writing about what healing looks like for her, in this moment. As I tend to repeat ad nauseum, healing is a non-linear process and will look...
View Articlehealing week: the afterwards
Being present in your own life movie A concept that I love and that I really only just started actively participating in these past few months. I had to stop blogging. And I had to put a firm boundary...
View Articlethe monday snapshot – Alice Anne
Alice Anne of Xavier & Alice Anne is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life...
View Articlefeature post: coming home empty-wombed: our final infertility journey
This week’s feature post is a story about endings. About realizing when part, or all, of your fertility journey is coming to an end. Casey, of Chances Our , writes about her long journey of...
View Articleapril 2013 – monthly theme: NIAW
Image via http://www.resolve.org/niaw This month, rather than hosting our usual Monthly Theme Post, PAIL is encouraging you to participate in RESOLVE’s Bloggers Unite Challenge as part of National...
View Articlenews item: what nobody remembers about new motherhood
When my girls were rounding the corner towards their first birthday, I made a little video montage of them. It was similar to the ones I’ve made in the past for the parents of the children in my...
View Articleweekly summary, vol. 44
PAIL Special Announcements/Reminders: Don’t forget RESOLVE’s National Infertility Awareness Week, April 21-27! Join the conversation! PAIL Posts This Week: Traathy started us off this week with The...
View Articlethe monday snapshot – Kacey
Kacey of Recipe for a baby is going to open up the week for us with her contribution to the The Monday Snapshot – an evolution of the MMM feature, meant to bring the PAIL blogroll to life by giving its...
View Articlemothering, a tribute to the cause
Hey PAIL Bloggers!! Do you have any thoughts about mothering? Did you know that Birth Mother’s Day & Mother’s Day are coming up in two short weeks (May 11 & 12)? [ETA: It is also step-mother's...
View Articlefeature post: “NICU Delivery” by Emma in Mommyland
When we featured Emma on The Monday Snapshot just a few weeks ago, she posted a picture of some of the gifts she had asked friends and family to donate for the local NICU in lieu of presents for her...
View Articlenews item: grand losses: musings on my miscarriage
I hope the title gives everyone fair warning about the subject of this news article. This article was submitted by Julia, of 3 bed 2 bath 1 baby, and I avoided reading it until last night. Because I...
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