Life Out Loud
with Desireé Melfi Bozzo
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My Journey to the Mommy Club: A Letter to the Women Still Waiting
Posted on March 7, 2016 Leave a Comment
To the Woman Still Waiting to be Mommy, Hi sweet lady. It has been on my heart to send you this message. I want you to know that my heart still aches for you and I haven’t forgotten you. One thing I know is that I always will hurt for your story of infertility because your […]
My Journey to the Mommy Club: Gifts of Love on Valentine’s Day
Posted on February 25, 2016 Leave a Comment
Philippians 4:4 runs across my brain “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” I can’t help but think back over the last 19 months. The pain that was all consuming at times, when rejoicing was the last thing I could imagine doing. The little victories via test results that got us one […]
My Journey to the Mommy Club: The Best Laid Plans
Posted on February 12, 2016 Leave a Comment
I open my eyeholes and look at the clock expecting it to be 6:00 am. 2:17am. “UGH. Time, you are a dummy.” I roll over and will myself back to sleep. I wake up again, surely it’s time. 3:23 am, I lay there willing myself to go back to sleep. The nurse’s instructions replay in […]
My Journey to the Mommy Club: It’s IUI Day
Posted on January 29, 2016 Leave a Comment
I look over at the clock. 2:03am. The green lights glare back at me. I roll my eyes at the clock and may or may not have called it a dummy. I’ve just woken up from a dream where I was sitting on stage in Oprah’s studio and Oprah was handing out babies… “You get […]
My Journey to the Mommy Club: The Egg, The IUI & The Tattoo?!
Posted on January 6, 2016 Leave a Comment
I read the gospel of Mark, Chapter 1 as I wait for the phone call from the doctor’s office. The same phone call that is going to reaffirm the bad news the morning ultrasound already told us. I read about Jesus being baptized and about him calling his disciples, his chosen people, to come follow […]