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The Most Realistic Expectations
Here are some Realistic Expectations: Grow up and get married. Get a job you don’t totally hate. Go to the beach a few times in your life. Someday buy a car that isn’t a total lemon. Have kids. Watch...
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This is What Grief Looks Like (I’m Exhausted)
For the fourth year in a row, I won’t be able to announce a pregnancy during the holidays. That was my stupid pipe dream, my light at the end of the tunnel, my thing to hold on to. My dream that I was...
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I Ran (…and I Ran… and I Ran…)
Running, like the theme of some really cheesy country songs, is my strongest M.O. I can run away from something, no problem, forget it happened, move on, pack up a few belongings, and GO. But this...
View ArticleAfter You Stop
by Melinda Haas After You Stop When you make the choice to stop trying, another part of you dies. When you make the choice to stop trying, something deep within you sighs relief. When your womb is...
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Silence
I haven’t had a lot to say, hence the overall silence this past year on Hey Lou. This blog started more than a decade ago as something I loved — I loved sharing the new insight I had on the world. I...
View ArticleMy Maple Tree
My womb is an empty harvestPromising plenty and starving meBoth at once I saw it as lifeBlood and energy and painUntil I saw it as a wastelandLifelessBut there was still bloodAnd still painAlways pain...
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Seven Year Satisfaction (No Itchin!)
Here’s the deal: seven is a great number. It’s lucky, it’s nice and odd (I love an odd number!), it’s biblical for crying out loud. It’s also a great way to mark time. We’ve all heard of the Seven...
View ArticleWhat Are You Waiting For? (The Random Man Asks Me)
I’m very surprised to say that TWICE in my life, a man who appears to be in his early sixties has asked me a random question that has radically changed my life. I don’t know who either of these men...
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Garden After Death
My garden grew But only because my maple tree died The tree cracked, split into three pieces So I wouldn’t have to She embodied my pain, the brokenness inside The shrinking and the growing That...
View ArticleSmall Town Miracle – Bodhi Studios
Bodhi Studios : Just What Prescott Needed *Grand opening on January 28th* If you’ve driven up Campbell anytime in the past few months, you may be wondering what’s being built just on the other side...
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