I am writing this at a moment of feeling overwhelmed and profoundly sad. As a woman facing fertility […]
Author: Leila Gracie
I recently developed a habit of buying two or three ice-creams at a time, and eating them all. […]
When you’ve not been able to have a child, it sometimes feels like not a moment goes by […]
I have a situational anxiety problem, related to any kind of performative speaking at work – talking in […]
I have lived with an anxiety problem for 18 years. It began in early adulthood at a time […]
I like ‘real’ hot chocolate – the melted chocolate in milk type – but then I had the […]
Children cannot comprehend their vulnerability. They may appear to have agency. They may have aspirations and instincts which […]
I have encountered some people, most of them men, who avoid the expression of vulnerability or suffering. In […]
Those of us who wanted, but couldn’t have, children have a tremendous amount of pain lingering inside of […]
Around the age of 9, I had an epiphany. I was feeling frustrated, reflecting on a debate with […]
For many, this weekend marks the first proper chance to indulge after 31 long days of sobriety. I […]
I watched ‘Is This Sexual Harassment?’ on the BBC. They take a bunch of young people; show them […]
At the beginning of a liaison, before we know that other person on a completely familiar/equal level, we […]
For most of us doing IVF, there’s no clear end-point. It’s left to us find our own limits. […]
I know someone very beautiful. Her name’s Anna. If I am ever with Anna in public, I am […]
