The Bloom Blog

July 17, 2024     Each blog post is curated from words that for a long time were stored on scrap pieces of paper and my phone notes app, photos, and illustrations I've done on my ipad. Mostly I wrote in the middle of the night, when my mind wouldn't stop racing. Sometimes it was in between classes, when I was sitting on a bench outside the McKay school. Recently its been a bit more formal-- on my laptop from my couch. But wherever the words originated from, they were planted in my heart for a reason, I want to share with anyone willing to read.      I am now decently into my second trimester of pregnancy, but it was a painful journey to get here. Not nearly as long as some. But it was still briefed with loss, and the continual squashing of hope. After an early miscarriage and nine months of naturally trying to conceive alongside the guidance of doctors, I finally got pregnant on the first month being on a fertility medication. Each week that passed still being p...