A Flick of Hope

It’s a story of girl meets girl: They’re stable and solid and want to start a family. All the pieces were snapping into place for Angelita . . . . Or so she thought. When she and her wife embarked on the new way of bringing up baby using IVF and IUI, they were forced to take unfathomable routes and endure the deepest losses. Through her pain and her beautiful story, she has since learned that sometimes, the most precious gift is the one that comes unexpectedly and forces us to give up control and have faith.

Within these pages, Angelita guides you through each step of creating her modern family, from walking into the fertility clinic and exploring the different options for implantation to finding the perfect donor to the losses she endured and the eventual cradling of their beautiful son after three long years.

When Angelita lost her first child and plunged into unspeakable pain, she was inspired to reveal how she built her family as the resources she wanted and needed in her darkest hours weren’t available. She is now extending a hand to anyone struggling with infertility, loss, grief, and hope, among the many other emotions implicit in this journey. You will leave this book moved by Angelita’s expressions of the power of love and loss and how it helped uncover her most authentic self that changed her forever.

“There is no footprint so small that it cannot leave an imprint on this world.”