Where I grew up, you were considered an adult at age 18, able to drink, vote and enlist in the armed forces without parental permission, amo...

Seventeen (17)(!!) years ago, on Halloween night in 2007 -- 9 years after the stillbirth of our daughter, and 6 years after my last infertil...

Sixteen (16)(!!) years ago, on Halloween night in 2007 -- 9 years after the stillbirth of our daughter, and 6 years after my last infertilit...

Fifteen (15)(!!) years ago, on Halloween night in 2007 -- 9 years after the stillbirth of our daughter, and 6 years after my last infertilit...

Fourteen (14)(!!) years ago tonight, in 2007,  I hit "post" here for the very first time, and started off down the road less trave...

(Taking my cue from Lori's " Not So Unlucky 13 " post, back in May!)  :)   October 31, 2007 :  I was 46 years old, married for...

Twelve years!  Today is the TWELFTH anniversary of the day I started this blog , back in 2007! It's hard to come up with an original ...

While I have mixed feelings about Halloween  (as a childless person now living in a condo), for the past 11 years, one bright light has ...

...about living childless/free after loss & infertility. (I recently celebrated my 10-year blogoversary, & posted about it here ! ...

( * as determined by Blogger's pageview stats for "all time" -- i.e., since May 2010, which I guess is as far back as they go....

I'm more than a little amazed to be writing this. Today marks exactly 10 years -- TEN YEARS!! -- since I hit "publish" on my v...

How's this for scary -- it's not just Halloween today, it's my blogoversary. My NINTH blogoversary. Yikes!! As I said at thi...

Eight years ago tonight, I sat down & pressed "publish" on my very first blog post. EIGHT YEARS. That's a long time. :...

Here's a slightly scary thought: not only is today Halloween, it's also my seven-year blogoversary.  SEVEN.  It's hard for me to...

Yesterday was my six-year blogoversary. :)  Because it was Halloween & because it's been the week from heck, I wasn't able to ge...

Five years. It's not just Halloween tonight -- it's also five years since I published my very first blog post. There is something ...

How's this for scary stuff on Halloween? It's my fourth blogoversary today. : ) I started this blog because, even though I was alm...

Has it really been three years since I started this blog? Three years, 1,095 days, 462 posts. On average, that's about 154 posts per y...

Two years ago last night, I took the plunge. I'd been setting things up for a day or so, but after the trick-or-treaters had gone home a...

One year ago tonight, I took my first tentative steps into the blogosphere -- encouraged by the Stirrup Queen herself. I was intrigued by th...