Dear Nurture
I’ve just completed my fourth and probably my last donation (for the forseeable future).
Being one of your donors has been such an enriching experience and I think I’m that much of a better person for it.
I was chatting to my mum just the other day and I was raving about how awesome my skin gets – all glowy and acne free – when I’m on the injections and growing my dozen.
She asked me if that’s why I donate and I chuckled.
The conversation got a bit more intense though. She asked if I didn’t feel like I was cheating her and my dad by giving out the secret recipe so to speak.
I told her that I donated mostly because a recipe that good is worth a share. She wants grandchildren so bad…
I told her that somewhere out there, there’s a woman who wants a child just as badly. That this woman probably has a mother who wants a grandchild just as much and for a while they thought they would never get what they so desired.
Then someone told them there was a way.
It feels so good to know that I could bring happiness and a blessing to a family and that in some little way, if I decide not to have children of my own – my family’s legacy will live on. Not in the genes… but the legacy of kindness, compassion… the legacy will shine in the eyes of a mother to her child and her child to her elders.
I’m sad to close this chapter. I will definitely keep telling my friends about Nurture. And if there’s anyway I can help (minus the eggs) I would love to get involved.
x
