Facebook Asks “What’s on Your Mind?”: Selected Posts
January 1, 2009 New Year, new plans! 🙂
January 2, 2009 Megan joined the public group TTC – Trying to Conceive
April 14, 2009 My junior high health teacher was a big fat liar.
June 13, 2009 Megan followed the page Fertility Friend Ovulation Tracker
October 12, 2009 Oh, October, I had such high hopes for you.
November 11, 2009 The little ad to the right says “Are you a mom?” No. And thanks for rubbing it in.
December 22, 2009 I had such plans. Such great, big plans.
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January 27, 2010 Megan was at Cleveland Urology Associates
February 8, 2010 “Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow’.” —Mary Anne Radmacher
March 1, 2010 I’m excited for my cousin and her husband, who are expecting their first child!
March 31, 2010 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
April 6, 2010 The hubby had surgery today. The urologist said he removed the whole cancerous testicle, which was affecting his fertility, and he doesn’t think chemo is necessary.
May 11, 2010 So happy for my bff Abby, who just announced she’s expecting!
May 11, 2010 Megan joined the public group RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association Support Group
June 12, 2010 Megan is attending an Event: Amy’s Baby Shower
June 12, 2010 I drove to the east side today, and cried the whole way home.
July 9, 2010 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
August 8, 2010 “All you gotta keep is strong.” —The All-American Rejects
August 9, 2010 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
September 1, 2010 Congrats to my cousin Amy, who had a baby boy today!
October 5, 2010 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
October 12, 2010 Congrats to my bff Kate, who’s going to have a baby next year!
October 13, 2010 Failure is a part of success.
October 28, 2010 My uterus made its big-screen debut today via live x-ray. Like the great Kramer, its only line was: “These pretzels are making me thirsty.”
October 28, 2010 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
November 30, 2010 This is giving me wrinkles.
November 4, 2010 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
December 6, 2010 Despite being just 30 years old, tests show I have a diminished ovarian reserve. Dr. Austin says I’ll probably be a “poor responder” to IVF medications.
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January 19, 2011 “Sadness is a wall between two gardens.” —Khalil Gibran
January 22, 2011 Megan joined the public group IVF Support Group
January 28, 2011 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
February 10, 2011 Congrats to my bff Abby! Welcome to the world, baby James!
February 19, 2011 So far all 30 has given me is split ends and fine lines. Screw you, 30, you promised me better.
February 24, 2011 “Fall down seven times, get up eight.” —Japanese Proverb
February 28, 2011 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
March 7, 2011 ”Regret nothing…You’ve traveled this far on the back of every mistake.” Yes.
Megan shared the article “Antilamentation” by Dorianne Laux.
March 13, 2011 ”All my friends got flowers in their eyes, but I got none this season.” —Counting Crows
April 19, 2011 Megan is going to an event: Kate’s Baby Shower
April 30, 2011 I want to have a dandelion farm when I grow up. Think of all the wishes we could make.
May 9, 2011 May this someday be my prayer too.
Megan shared the article “A Mother’s Prayer for Her Child” by Tina Fey.
June 17, 2011 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
June 18, 2011 Thrilled for my bff Kate on the birth of her new baby daughter!
July 10, 2011 Road trip to Chicagoland for my 31st birthday! Maybe I’ll unexpectedly get pregnant in Chicago like my sister-in-law did a few years ago.
August 1, 2011 “Sometimes, there just aren’t enough rocks.” —Forrest Gump
August 8, 2011 Dear dandelions, loads of hay, pennies, shooting stars, and birthday candles: DO YOUR JOB already.
August 21, 2011 “Are we getting closer or are we just getting more lost?” —Rise Against
August 22, 2011 I wish I knew where babies come from.
August 29, 2011 I wish you people weren’t so damn happy all the time.
September 9, 2011 Sometimes, wildly improbable hope is all a girl has to hang on to.
September 18, 2011 You don’t know awkward embarrassment until your mostly-estranged dad gives you unsolicited fertility advice including the words “ejaculation,” “headboard” and “feet.” Oh. My. God.
October 26, 2011 Megan likes Someecards post: “Why is ‘patience’ a virtue? Why can’t ‘hurry the fuck up’ be a virtue?”
November 1, 2011 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
November 8, 2011 Apparently, God REALLY loves Michelle Duggar, but hates me.
November 9, 2011 Go directly to despair. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.
November 17, 2011 Struggling to keep my feet…er…*hopes* up.
November 18, 2011 No whammy no whammy no whammy
December 2, 2011 I don’t have enough sad words to explain how I feel about this.
December 3, 2011 “I went broke believing the simple should be hard.” —Matt Nathanson
December 8, 2011 “It rains hardest on those who deserve the sun.”
December 9, 2011 I could really use a few of those tidings of comfort and joy everyone is talking about.
December 9, 2011 “I waited for a child / with my eyes / mine / but nobody came.” –Kathleen George Kearney
December 26, 2011 “Only a few go mad.” —Kenneth Patchen
December 30, 2011 I’ve put on about 5 years in the last 12 months. I don’t think I can do this anymore.
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January 3, 2012 How come nobody talks about the strength it takes to say “I give up”?
January 16, 2012 Megan followed the page Compassionate Beginnings Egg Donation and Surrogacy Agency
January 25, 2012 ”You tell yourself that the things you need come slow, but inside you just don’t know.” —Matchbox 20
February 13, 2012 I didn’t cry during yoga, so I consider today a success.
February 27, 2012 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
May 7, 2012 p.s. There is hope.
May 8, 2012 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
May 20, 2012 “Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.” —Henry Ward Beecher
May 21, 2012 Now accepting charitable encouragements. Please apply below.
May 22, 2012 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
May 22, 2012 I threw a vase at a wall and it shattered into a million satisfying pieces, but I still didn’t feel any better so I laid my head on the table and cried instead.
June 1, 2012 Courage by default. I keep going because I don’t know what else to do.
June 14, 2012 Suddenly, I found hope. Now I want to get rid of it, because it’s too dangerous.
June 14, 2012 Megan was at Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center
June 15, 2012 “Let hope anchor you in the possibility that this is not the end of your story, that change will bring you to peaceful shores.” —MLK Jr.
June 28, 2012 “Sad can’t catch me or call me baby now” —Matt Nathanson
July 30, 2012 ”Happiness is a form of courage.” —Holbrook Jackson
August 14, 2012 We are thrilled to announce that our house is growing by two feet.
About the Author
Megan Hanlon is a podcast producer who sometimes writes. Her words have appeared in Raw Lit, Variant Literature, Gordon Square Review, and other publications both online and print. Her blog, Sugar Pig, is known for relentlessly honest essays that are equal parts tragedy and comedy.
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