In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

— Saint Teresa of Avila

"It was 2015 and hot outside when it should’ve been cool–– welcome to New Orleans. I was still infertile. I worked as a home health Physical Therapist Assistant at the time and stopped home for lunch when I got a phone call that set one of my worst days ever into motion... Up until those early years of marriage, life was going (surprisingly) exactly how I had planned, giving me a great illusion of control. You know how it goes—graduate college, get a big girl job, move out, get married, have ki— and that’s where my plans came to a screeching halt. You can toss that idea of raising a basketball team out the window without the ability to bring even one player into the world. I slowly became aware of a jarring reality where the kids I was so sure I would have might never come into existence..."