Becoming a mother has been one of the deepest dreams of my life. My husband and I have worked intentionally to build a healthy, loving marriage and home, and we feel incredibly ready to welcome a child into it. We have a wonderful support system, a home filled with love, and a very loved Goldendoodle who we already joke is waiting for his future sibling. We even have a room that we hope will one day become our nursery, with books and a few little outfits already tucked away in the closet. This journey has required patience, sacrifice, and a lot of hope, but it has also made us even more certain of how deeply we want to become parents. We have prioritized our health, our marriage, and creating a stable, loving life together. We believe everything comes in its time, and while this season has not looked the way we imagined, we are genuinely grateful for what it has taught us about patience, partnership, and hope. We feel ready for this next chapter and hopeful that our time to welcome a child is coming. Receiving this grant would help give us the opportunity to continue pursuing the family we have already made so much room for in our hearts and our home. How we'll use the funds: This grant would go directly toward the cost of IVF, including treatment, medications, monitoring, egg retrieval, fertilization/ICSI, embryo transfer, and other associated costs.