Many dream of owning big mansions with an ocean view, vacation homes in different parts of the country, a garage full of luxury vehicles, annual world tours and ivy league education for their children. I dream for none of those; except the good education for my kids; because I don’t need a huge house full [...]

Note: The sperm donor actually saw a draft of this, and I was totally pissed off. You can just imagine the tantrum I threw. It was supposed to be an email sent out to him today - my gift for him on valentine’s day. You might think that its sweet that I’m writing it here, [...]

We all have skeletons in our closets, and try as we might to forget they exist, they will pop out once in a while at the most unexpected times. Often giving us surprises that change our lives. He’s a well-kept secret, and I would like him to remain so until the day I die. But [...]

The mood swings have not started, and yet everybody thinks that my personality has changed. Are they just looking for ways to excuse themselves from actually dealing with the fact that this pregnancy is about me and not about them? Or do they truly believe that the temperamental Jackie still exists within me? They say [...]

My mom thinks I’m crazy and she probably wants to bash my head on the wall. She read my blog (I didn’t even know she goes to my blog) and sent me an email. That wasn’t how it was supposed to happen. I wanted to talk to her and let her know personally. But it’s [...]