My first review: Why I'm So Special: A Book About Surrogacy by Carla Lewis-Long

First of all, I was so excited to be contacted by Carla. I blogged about it earlier, how exciting it was to get the e-mail from her last week.

THE e-mail:

Dear Jill,





I became a fan of your work as I was going through the surrogacy process. My contacts at Creative Family Connections informed me of many quality people who have a wealth of knowledge and I made sure I paid attention. Thank you very much.




I’m also writing to let you know that this experience, which gave birth to a wonderful daughter, Makana, for my husband and I was so life changing that I decided to write a children’s book. All throughout our surrogacy process, I kept thinking, “How will I explain all of this to my baby?” And that’s how the book came about… WHY I’M SO SPECIAL: A BOOK ABOUT SURROGACY.




I was hoping that I could send a book your way for you to peruse. I feel that so many of the new moms and dads that pay attention to you, may appreciate my little contribution to this way of life.




A little about me, I am a VP of Distribution at Sí TV and have spent about 16 years in television, working at networks such as NBC Universal, AmericanLife TV, Oxygen, and USA Network. I live in Brooklyn and am starting to work on a second volume entitled, – Why I’m So Special: A Book About Surrogacy With Two Daddies.




Thank you for your time.






Sincerely,




Carla Lewis-Long




Author, Why I’m So Special: A Book About Surrogacy




Brooklyn, NY




http://surrogacystory.posterous.com/




I've been ecstatically checking my mailbox, knowing that this book was on it's way to me.

My son got the mail today and didn't even tell me. I went upstairs and asked if anyone had gotten the mail yet. I got a bit giddy when I saw a padded envelope. My book was here!

I immediately opened it and read it. I absolutely loved it from beginning to end. I love how it's written, I love the pictures. I love how it makes surrogates look like these cute little superheros. It's very well rounded. It helps the child understand all sides of the process on an appropriate level. It shows how badly the parents wanted a baby and how the fertility dr. and the surrogate were willing to help. I love that it shows the child keeping in touch with the surrogate.

I would definitely reccomend this children's book to all surrogates and IP's and no doubt will be spreading the word. I will also be sharing the book with my family. My 10 year old daughter just read it and said it was a good book!   :)


Lately I've been so sick of hearing about the negative views on surrogacy and surrogates in the news, on tv and in movies. I was happy to receive such a sweet, positive outlook on surrogacy. YAY!

Learn more and connect with the author:

http://surrogacystory.posterous.com/

http://carladanielle.com/

http://twitter.com/surrogacystory

Share the surrogacy love with others.

Tickled Pink

Well ok so maybe not pink.. but I'm tickled!  I got a pretty cool e-mail this morning. Well, actually I found it this morning, apparantly it was sent a few days ago.  It was sent to my e-mail linked to my blog.  

I was contacted by someone who was a fan! She said she was a fan of my work!  I blushed. She was very sweet and complimentary and she wants to send me a children's book she wrote about surrogacy. I was honored and appreciative and I can't wait to see it and read it and share my thoughts with all of you.

It absolutely made my morning!

I will tell you more about her and the book when the time comes.

:)

Have a lovely day!

P.S. later that night I was clearing out my other e-mail box and found an e-mail from a casting director. She is interested in chatting with me about my process in becoming a surrogate.  There is a new documentary series about couples looking into adoption and surrogacy.   *feeling the love*

Ch ch ch changes....

Did you know I cut my hair? We're taking 8 inches G O N E!  I hadn't cut it that much for a long time. It was down the middle of my back.

2 months ago April 2010

May 2010

I was ready for a change. I used to do it a lot more often. I mean it seemed to be about every summer I'd chop it off...

Summer 1995

Shortest I ever went. Winter? 1995 with my cousin Maloree.

 I'd usually be blonde when my hair was short... then come Fall/Winter, it would be fairly long and I'd go dark... sometimes a burgundy or marroon color... or once or twice purple.

2002 Purple Haired Witch

If I was going through a hard time, I'd make a change... either a hair change, or I'd add to my ear holes... that's how I got up to 6 ear piercings. But I wanted to be different, so I had 2 holes in one ear and 4 in the other. I did NOT pierce my tongue for a change though... I pierced it cuz my husband talked me into it. CRAZY! It was fun while it lasted.. then I got sick of it.

Anyway, it was time for a change... and my cute friend was coming out this way to cut hair, so.......................

I'm still getting used to it. I never know what to do with my hair.

Kind of a boring post... but I tried to make it fun.      :)

                                                               Happy FRIDAY!!!!

Cleaning attire

What do you wear when you clean? Do you wear ratty old clothes? Regular clothes? An apron?
Nice clothes? High Heels? A pretty little maid's outfit?  Absolutely nothing? Your pj's?

I clean in my pajamas. I mean most of my cleaning. I feel I do my best that way? Not really, I guess it's in case I get dirty while cleaning, I can just toss my pj's in the hamper and hop in the shower and I'm good to go.

What does this all mean? That I shower later in the day...yeah... that I'm a weirdo? Well maybe.                   I don't know, just food for thought. Just a reason to blog.

Ok, ok... I admit it. Sometimes my jammies consist of my "special underwear". So the other day, I was doing the laundry, etc. and I ducked downstairs to my office to put some stuff away and check my e-mail. All of a sudden I see these lights coming down through the window. I guess the neighbors were looking for something with flashlights.... H.O.L.Y. E.M.B.A.R.R.A.S.S.I.N.G.  I sure hope they didn't find ME. I hid behind my office chair for a few minutes and then ran upstairs...

Garbage Bags: Getting your child to listen to you and not the laptop

Maybe you can relate.

Do your kids listen to you when you ask them to do something?

Do they listen the first time?

Do you sometimes sing embarrassing songs to your kids?

Do they ignore you and keep playing on the laptop?

Do you have to threaten them with naked baby pics?

Here's a re-enactment of what happened a few weeks ago... I had to pay my son to be in the video with me. I told him, "Trust me, I'll be more humiliated than you..." He chose to not say much in the video... but that's pretty much how it happened, although when it really happened, he said... "Mom, I should put this on youtube and embarass you." He was absolutely mortified because of what I said about putting the pic on facebook... but then you see what happens.

Enjoy.....