“Moo.”
Confession time. Let me go ahead and just start this out with a big ol’ TMI warning. So, if you don’t like to read about a lady on her period, I would change channels now. So, about that period. I have...
View ArticleWelcome to November’s ICLW!
It’s been a while since I participated in an ICLW, so I figured it was time to jump back in. (Don’t know what ICLW is? Find out here.) Not like I’m already doing NaBloPoMo and NaNoWriMo at the same...
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An Overdue Post About My Lady Bits
So, it’s been about two years since I really posted about how my lady bits are doing. For the first few months of this blog, it was all lady bits drama all the time. But since mid-2010, things have...
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Checking in on My Lady Bits: A Doc’s Appointment Update
So when I’m not posting about the State of THE Uterus, I thought it was time for an update on the State of MY Uterus. (Previously, on Keiko’s Uterus: An Overdue Post About My Lady Bits.) Since we...
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“You’re so young.”
100 days from now, I’ll turn 30. Realizing this has left me a little contemplative about growing up, aging, expectations and mortality. It’s not all doom and gloom, but as I let my thoughts wander on...
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When the Wound Has Healed, a Scar Remains
A-Bomb Dome at sunset. Hiroshima, Japan. Photo by Keiko Zoll. Three years ago, on March 18, I was diagnosed with infertility. I have written about that moment: opening the email from my doctor and...
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Welcome to IComLeavWe!
If you’re here visiting from ICLW, welcome! It’s been a while since I’ve participated and it feels good to get back on the comment horse again. For those new to ICLW, it’s a great opportunity for ALI...
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We have an egg donor.
After 3 years, our infertility journey is finally moving forward! I’ve had this post sitting in my drafts folder for almost two months now, trying to figure out the best way to post this news. If I...
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In sanguine, veritas.
When I was ten years old, just four days before my eleventh birthday, I awoke from my nap and headed to the bathroom, the urge to pee having woken me up. It was the first time I would see the smudge:...
View ArticleDear Fat.
Dear Fat, You and me need to part ways like whoa. You came into my life when I was a skinny young thing of only 118 pounds, a young whipper snapper college freshmen just 18 years old and ready to take...
View ArticleA Letter to My 18-Year Old Self
Dear 18-year old Keiko, It’s early November 2000. You’re swamped with school work; you’re already reconsidering the major you came in with (music ed/vocal performance) and you’re euphoric that you and...
View ArticleA Whole Lot of Nothin’
So, Beyonce’s pregnant. Good for her. I’m actually quite happy for Mr. & Mrs. Jay-Z because I’ve seen some horrible tweets and gossip rag items rumoring they were infertile. And that’s just mean....
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