Proud to be Part of the Herd
I was a scientist long before I became a mother. My interest began when I was a young girl roaming the forests with my father,…
Protecting Jude
Jude looked up at me with an expression of incredulous shock. She was being hurt and I was standing there doing nothing about it! At…
Let’s Get Started
People are already organized.  They are fired up and want to be heard.  They have put their names behind organizations, promoted these organizations to their…
Remembering Evan
I have always been a mom who vaccinated her children. To me, it’s only natural: if you have children, you want to protect them. And…
A Visceral, Overwhelming Empathy
I remember the day I miscarried. I remember reluctantly accepting that the last shred of hope for the pregnancy was gone. I remember being in…
Dovie, Ivy, and Pansy: Three Sisters, One Disease
I’m sure many mothers can relate when I say that family is my world. My extended family tells me where I came from. My parents…
Learning from the Past: Gae’s Story
I am a sixty-nine year old Australian, which means that I benefited from a totally free childhood immunization program.  I started school in 1949 and was…
Remembering Nicholas
"Are any of them twins?" And there it is again.  It's not an unreasonable question with so many children so closely spaced together, but every…
There’s an Anti-Vaccine Movement?
It's no secret that I have always been science-minded. My entire life, I wanted to become a doctor. I took AP science courses in high school, entered…
