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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Sarah's Story

Over at Too Many Fish to Fry, Jjiraffe is on a mission.

Infertility is a terrible disease. It is one that is often nameless. Faceless. The names are unknown. The faces are featureless. It becomes a mere entity. Something to deal with. Infertility is a disease that so many people cannot understand or relate to, and that does not work in our favour.

Jjiraffe is working to change that. She is writing a series about the Faces of Adoption/Loss/Infertility. In America, 1 couple in 8 is infertile. Here in Canada, the statistics are more drastic: 1 in 6.

In January, Jjiraffe wrote about Courtney. Just the other day, she added a new story; I ask that you take a moment to click over and read about Sarah in Three Acts. Sarah's journey is a wonderful account of the reality of adoption, and why there is no such thing as "just adopt" for those who are dealing with infertility. It's a moving story and I was wiping away the tears by the time I had finished.

Spread the word. Infertility does not have to be nameless or faceless any longer.

1 comment:

jjiraffe said...

Thank you so much for linking to the story. I loved what you have to say:

"Infertility is a terrible disease. It is one that is often nameless. Faceless. The names are unknown. The faces are featureless. It becomes a mere entity. Something to deal with. Infertility is a disease that so many people cannot understand or relate to, and that does not work in our favour."

This is so true, and that's exactly what I'd like to try to change.

Thanks again :)