Marina Schmidt lives with her family on a small farm in Southwestern Ontario, where she balances motherhood, farm life, and her work at a local hospital. Through her personal journey with infertility, Marina discovered poetry as a source of comfort, healing, and strength during life’s most difficult moments. Her writing reflects the grief, hope, and emotional struggles shared by many facing similar challenges. With honesty and compassion, Marina’s poems offer readers reassurance that they are not alone in their pain. Her work is deeply personal, created to bring comfort, understanding, and healing to those navigating the difficult road of infertility.