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While it may be a bit of a delicate term for what so many of us have been through, our experiences through infertility, adoption and loss are often referred to as a “journey.” Journeys can travel winding roads with surprise pit stops, departures from the chosen path, or maybe hard straight lines that barrel on stubbornly towards a clear goal.

Where has your journey brought you? Where have you been?

This June marks the one-year anniversary of PAIL. As a website, we remember what we were doing a year ago, but what about all of us as its individual readers?

I know where I was a year ago. I had two six-month-olds and was preoccupied with moving them from our bed to their cribs, starting solid foods, and preparing to live with my parents for most of the summer while my husband studied for the bar (yikes!). This June, we’re trying to KEEP one of our rambunctious toddlers in her crib at night, she’s starting to reject foods that she loved last year, and my husband is concurrently job-hunting and taking on his own clients in the meantime. TWO years ago, though… that was a trip. I was a few months pregnant and simultaneously thrilled and freaking out. And the year before that I was losing hope that it would ever happen.

A lot can change in just a few years, can’t it?

This month’s monthly theme topic is “Looking Back.” What were you doing last June, or two, three, four or more Junes ago? How about when you started your blog? We’ve all been on our own individual journeys all along, but journeys look different when you measure where you are now against specific points in your past.

So jump in and share with us: how has your life changed?

Fill in the form below to submit a post from your blog and share your experiences with us! Posts are due by next Thursday, June 27th at midnight and the listing will be posted on Friday, June 28th.

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Looking Back | Emma in Mommyland says: June 24, 2013 at 2:38 PM […] seems fitting that this month’s PAIL theme is “Looking Back” as I have done this a lot over the last couple of […] Reply

[…] seems fitting that this month’s PAIL theme is “Looking Back” as I have done this a lot over the last couple of […]

Looking Back… | My Cheap Version of Therapy says: June 25, 2013 at 8:01 AM […] are currently celebrating our 1 year anniversary of being at our PAIL Bloggers location. For the June Monthly Theme Post, we asked people to weigh in on their journeys and give us a snapshot of what was going on in their […] Reply

[…] are currently celebrating our 1 year anniversary of being at our PAIL Bloggers location. For the June Monthly Theme Post, we asked people to weigh in on their journeys and give us a snapshot of what was going on in their […]

June | According To C says: June 26, 2013 at 10:10 AM […] Like all the blog posts I want to write, I just can’t find the time. But the theme for June, Looking Back, is particularly meaningful as I think back to what was happening in my life this month in years […] Reply

[…] Like all the blog posts I want to write, I just can’t find the time. But the theme for June, Looking Back, is particularly meaningful as I think back to what was happening in my life this month in years […]

PAIL Monthly Theme Post – “Looking Back” | Uncommon Nonsense says: June 27, 2013 at 11:05 PM […] As I near the end of the second trimester of my second pregnancy, I’ve been doing a lot of looking back, so it seems rather fitting to take part in this month’s monthly themed post. […] Reply

[…] As I near the end of the second trimester of my second pregnancy, I’ve been doing a lot of looking back, so it seems rather fitting to take part in this month’s monthly themed post. […]

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