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Hope for Becoming a Parent during Pandemic
“Are you an optimist or a pessimist?” I asked my son and my husband on our drive to the house we rented for the last two weeks of August on Lake Canandaigua, one of New [...]
Father’s Day 2020
For those hoping to become fathers through adoption or assisted reproduction, the question of what it means to be a father looms over Father’s Day. Is it nature or nurture? DNA or presence in a child’s [...]
Mother’s Day Ambivalence
Every year I am on the verge of tears during the week leading up to Mother’s Day. Watching alluring commercials pitch presents for serene mothers and their perfectly behaved kids gets me started. But my [...]