Featured in the AllPaths Magazine, 2024 Volume 1
By Lisa Rosenthal
I feel distinctly honored and humbled at having been trusted with the serious effort of taking on the President of the Board of Directors for AllPaths Family Building. Working with Kate Weldon LeBlanc, Emily Lindblad and Jennifer Redmond (as Past President) is truly an awesome honor.
But who am I?
This is the story of me.
Or at least the story of me, condensed into 1,000 or so words.
Given that my journey to family building started 37 years ago, I’ll give you a break and spare you some of the details.
It’s also the story of my family.
I grew up, not playing with dolls, not dreaming of babies, not babysitting. When I was old enough to work, I picked waitressing.
Four years into marriage, it hit and it hit hard.
Baby.
Baby.
Baby.
The urge, instinct, need, desire- all commingled into purpose.
We were ready.
Time for the expanded family, everything all set in place, Bill and I were ready.
At 26, I assumed that I would have no problem. That we would have no problem. I assumed, like so many of us, that I’d spent years trying to avoid pregnancy, and that as soon as I was done preventing it, voila, we’d be all set.