Tender Journey

Tender Journey Tender Journey is a blog designed to share our family and our journey through and post IVF, parenting a large family!

After a 3 year struggle of trying to conceive, running tests, and undergoing IVF, we welcomed our bundle of joy in July of 2013. Infertility continues to effect our family building and future plans. Throughout our journey, we were blessed to find 2 amazing doctors, numerous nurses, and meet other wonderful people who also struggle with infertility. Because of our own infertility, we created a line

of jewelry dedicated to representing the struggle that 1 in 8 couples will experience. Melissa designed several pieces and Paul made her ideas a reality. We hope you enjoy each Tender Journey Jewelry piece.

Well, we "did it" and then some. If you follow us, I guess that is right on point. Planned on 6 goats total. 3 in April,...
04/10/2026

Well, we "did it" and then some. If you follow us, I guess that is right on point. Planned on 6 goats total. 3 in April, 3 in May. (1 for each kid (minus the baby)) and 1 for Melissa. 2 showed up unexpectedly pregnant, another story for another day, and we are now at 5 with 3 more coming in May 🐐♥️🐐♥️🐐♥️🐐♥️🐐♥️ I will definitely share more as we go! Thanks for all of the tips and tricks.

"When we found ourselves on the IVF route, the goat plans were bumped back a “bit.” Every year I will say “next year” or...
03/02/2026

"When we found ourselves on the IVF route, the goat plans were bumped back a “bit.” Every year I will say “next year” or “when we are done having babies”. That leads us to now…"

When we purchased our property in 2009, goats were in the plan. We have never had livestock, so we started with chickens and guinea fowl, and later peacocks. When we found ourselves on the IVF rout…

This post was written in the fall of 2025. It took me a few months to feel comfortable sharing it. God bless my fellow h...
02/20/2026

This post was written in the fall of 2025. It took me a few months to feel comfortable sharing it. God bless my fellow heart moms. ♥️

*This post was written in the fall of 2025. It took me a few months to feel comfortable sharing it. God bless my fellow heart moms. ♥️ It hit me like a brick. I watched one of my twins run out of t…

"Donate them. Destroy them. Donate to science. Leave them frozen. Everyone has their perfect idea of how this would work...
02/18/2026

"Donate them. Destroy them. Donate to science. Leave them frozen. Everyone has their perfect idea of how this would work for them if they were in that situation."

It has been awhile. It has been awhile since I have written. It has been awhile since I have even talked about infertility. I suppose on the outside, it appears as though infertility does not impac…

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