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  • Free baby, 12 cents

    I met my brother on my sister’s wedding day in 2021, the first time I met her too.…

  • Thoughts on the right to have a child

    While catching up with my mom yesterday, she mentioned reading an article recently that pointed to the selfishness…

  • How my family views surrogacy

    Before I proceed, let me reclarify that when I say “mom” I am speaking of the woman who…

  • Looking in the mirror

    I started writing this post in 2015 on a different blog and never published it. I likely was…

  • The Wild West of Surrogacy

    For most my life, I didn’t know traditional surrogacy was illegal in so many places. It’s not a…

  • Would you ever be a surrogate?

    From time to time, I get this question from folks. I have a hard enough time imagining having…

  • The third checkbox

    Finding the energy and ability to write about surrogacy has always been incredibly difficult. I often won’t think…