We’re safe here. Let’s turn off the news. Put blinders on. After all, it’s Ferguson, it’s Paris. it’s Benghazi, it’s Orlando. It’s all taking place somewhere else. Far away. We’re safe here. Let’s just think positive. Bring more babies into the world. Let’s not linger on that horrifying headline.  Let’s stay safely invisible. Except that Love […]

Red Hot and Delicious My friend Dana loves the Red Hot Blues corn chips. So do I. I could eat an entire package in a sitting. A handful of Red Hot Blues chips are fine with me. Too much spicy food is not. It’s way too stimulating and I’m stimulated enough without those chips. But when Dana […]

“Dear Julia, I still don’t really know what you mean by “bowing to what is,” someone asked in a recent email. Maybe if you can imagine this conversation with Life. You: Dear Life, I want this really really badly. Life: Oh, sweet pea, how wonderful! It’s precisely what I want for you too. And because […]

Liquefied veggies are fine fertility foods. Aside from objections from some fertility acupuncturists who tell their patients to eliminate all cold beverages, most holistic infertility experts agree that juicing is good for you. And as everything else, juicing could have a downside.

Wonder of Wonders, Miracle of Miracles Whenever I share a journey of one of the Fertile Heart Moms and Dads who birthed her baby through adoption, I think of the lines from Fiddler on the Roof, “…of all God’s miracles large and small, the most miraculous one of all, is the one I thought would […]

“The Day Oprah didn’t save my life,” would’ve also worked as a title of this post. Both of those titles would’ve been telling the truth. Here is why. It was almost as I had dreamt it. Almost. In the dream, or rather a nightmare, the Oprah Crew showed up unannounced at the back door of […]