When I was thirty-four I went to my annual gynecologist appointment. At the end he asked me if
I had thought about freezing my eggs.
“No.”
“Do you want to have children?”
“No.”
“Because you could freeze your eggs. I can give you some information.”
“No!”
“It was this doctor’s appointment that showed me my true feelings about having children. I answered quickly and definitively and my doctor still didn’t listen. Now, six years later, I am, what I like to call, an electio-mother. I chose to be in a relationship with someone who has two children. It has been a challenge and a privilege to find a place in the lives of two exceptional young women. “
Dr. Rachel Turney is an educator and teacher trainer in Colorado. Her poems and prose are published in The Font Journal, Five Fleas, Nap Lit, Ranger, Through Lines Magazine, Bare Back, Lobster Salad and Champagne, and Teach Write Journal. Her photography appears in By the Beach. Read her blog here.