Maria Korneeva/Getty Images Ten years ago, I stood beside the woman I loved and said, "I do," under a clear spring sky in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We were surrounded by friends, family, my cute dog, and an overwhelming feeling of history in the making. The Supreme Court had just legalized same-sex marriage...
Damircudic/Getty Images I’ll never forget crouching in the doorframe of my closet at midnight, holding my newborn in my arms, begging her to nurse. Hours after delivering my daughter at a birth center, my midwife left the country. The backup midwife came to my house to perform the newborn screening, which my daughter passed without...
Anchiy/Getty Images When my friend Rachel’s phone rang, she hesitated before answering. I could sense that she was uncomfortable talking on the phone because of the way she glanced at me. It didn’t make sense because I had seen the caller ID flash the name of a mutual friend. After a brief hello, she said...
Damircudic/Getty Images I’m about to tell you one of my deepest, darkest secrets, something I only feel brave enough to write here from the comfort of my computer. When I took a pregnancy test for my second child, the immediate positive result wasn’t met with tears of joy or squeals of excitement. Instead, my gut...