I hope your summer has been sun-filled and energizing, moon-full and restoring. We have a few updates to share.

1. Exhale is looking for a volunteer to help with finding relevant links to post to our Facebook and Twitter pages. If you are interested, please email admin@exhalezine.com.

We also would like to encourage all readers to share when they discover new voices and fresh views regarding baby loss, infertility, or miscarriage. If you think it’s interesting or worth our attention, feel free to email us or post links on our Facebook page.

2. Exhale is looking for submissions on the theme of Perspective for the Autumn Issue. Submissions must be received by October 1st. Please see our Submissions page for guidelines.

As always, we are looking for off-theme contributions that may be used to complement a theme or be used in future issues.

3. The Summer Issue of Exhale is coming soon. See you here on August 2!

-Melissa

In the past few months we were having some technical difficulties with the comment function.  Everything should be working.  We’ve been running some tests, and feedback is always welcome so please let us know if you encounter any error messages.

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Watch for the new Spring Issue on April 15th!

There is some ancient association of Spring with fertility and new life — an association that never fails to go unnoticed to those of us coping with infertility issues and loss. With that in mind, we are calling for photo, art, poetry, and prose on the theme of Rituals, Rites, and Superstitions.

Submissions must be received by March 15th and can be sent to submissions@exhalezine.com.

Please review our submission guidelines.

For those of you who are regular readers of Exhale, you may notice a bit of a change. The New Year — and the end 2009– has been full of changes.

Something that may not be as obvious is the behind-the-scenes changes at Exhale. We are both inwardly saddened and outwardly thrilled to report that Monica LeMoine (Founder and Editor-in-Chief) is on to tackle new challenges.   We would like to thank Monica for her dedication and perseverance in creating this amazing community, as well as wish her luck and love in all her new pursuits.

Another change you have probably noticed is the appearance of Exhale. We’ve switched to a different hosting site and layout. I’ll spare you the techy stuff, but we are still working through some of the growing pains, including doing our best to make searching and retrieving archives easier. Please let us know if you come across any  glitches or have a suggestion for improvement by emailing admin@exhalezine.com