Such a Sap

Hi, my name is Karen and I am a trash TV junkie.  Really after teaching all day, taking care of my own kids, and dealing with every day life, all I want to do is lay in bed and watch something mindless.  That's exactly what I do.  In the mean time, I get totally sucked up into these people/character's lifes and become emotionally invested.  I was catching up on some DVR'd TV the other day and found myself sobbing not once, but three times!!!


First was The Little Couple.  (It's kind of funny I watch this in the first place because I have always been a little freaked by little people.  This show is helping me overcome this.)  If you watch this show, you know that they have been suffering with IVF, egg retrivals, and wanting desperately to start a family.  After having so many friends go through this I know how emotionally and physically stressful this can be.  Well, the episode I watched, they did the embryo transfer to their surrogate, waited their 10 days, and then celebrated with their surrogate when the found out they were indeed pregnant.  Tears rolling.  So happy for them.  You can't help but go back to your own moment of finding out you were pregnant.  Such a joyful time!!!

Then the screen goes black and it says 6 weeks later.  My stomach just dropped.  The next image was Jen and Bill holding hands.  Tears came again.  The couple came on to explain that they had lost their baby.  As a mother and as a woman who has experienced a miscarriage, my heart just went out to them.  It is such a devasting loss.  The pain is so strong and so real.  Just seeing their faces brought back all the memories of my miscarriage and how upset I was.  The pain is not as strong for me now that I have 2 beautiful, healthy children but the emotions and the memories are still there.  Jen and Bill had a great positive attitude and are ready to try again.  I pray that they are successful this time around.



The next round of tears came from Glee.  Yes, I am a Gleek.  Puck is my favorite.  I mean, what is not to love about this guy!  But when he sang "Waiting for a Girl Like You" to his daughter, I lost it.  So beautiful and touching.  Songs have so much power and the words took on another meaning with a father singing them to a daughter.  Loved it!!!!

So, today I'm off to work on Mount Wannafoldsomelaundy and catch up on more DVR'd shows.  I'm getting prepared this time around and bringing the tissues with me.