215

Trigger Warning: Canadian residential school system; child abuse; trauma  Humans love euphemisms. The media is flooded with reports that the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found in an unmarked mass grave on formal residential school grounds near Kamloops, BC.  Let’s rephrase the description to better reflect the gravity of this situation.  215 Indigenous children…

Behind the Curtain

So many people have commented that our surrogacy experience–and victory–sounds like the plot of a movie. I agree. Recently, our movie falls into a totally different category than “feel-good.” A letter addressed to me showed up a few weeks back. I am still figuring out how I feel about the news it carried. Writing helps…