Have you ever seen that commercial Sarah McLachlan does for the SPCA? I frickin' hate that commercial! I mean, I spent $1,000 and countless hours having my dog, a common street mutt, shipped here from BOLIVIA. I love her, a whole lot. Yet--Sarah still makes me feel guilty, that I'm not adopting every other dog the SPCA cares for. I cry the minute I hear "in the arms of an angel..." and so I change the channel, as fast as I can, when that sappy ad comes on.
Maybe it's because I'm about to start my period, but I have to say, a video I recently saw (http://www.tearsandhope.com/) with some equally sappy music had me feeling weepy too, even though my computer will only load the first half. I immediately wanted to tell everyone I know, "watch this video!" but given how much I hate the large number of random forwards I get each day, I refrained. Still, if someone wonders, even for a moment, what infertility feels like, they can get is a sense almost as quickly as they understand corporate culture from those "Teamwork" posters you see in offices everywhere--simple words, simple images, DEEP meaning. (Yes, that's sarcastic.)
But the point is this: when infertility hits your life, it hits every aspect. It overwhelms you. You miss your old self. You miss your old friends. You miss your old life. And you can't make any of it what it was, because the baby isn't there. The baby that never was there, the baby you didn't know was missing.
Sarah McLachlan and the arms of her angel. Humpf.
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Infertility is no fun--but if you don't find the humor in it, you'll go crazy.
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