The Holidays Are Different After Child Loss
I remember the day well—it was a sunny, cool, fall day. The house was filled with the aroma of turkey,…
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I remember the day well—it was a sunny, cool, fall day. The house was filled with the aroma of turkey,…
Continue ReadingI often daydreamed about having a Christmas baby in the days leading up to Christmas 2017. Nobody on earth but…
Continue ReadingI’m not ready for you to stop believing in Santa. You came home the other day telling me you had…
Continue Reading“Parenthood is a sanctification process.” I understood the words in isolation, yet the phrase was rendering me speechless. I read…
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Continue ReadingMy grandfather made us a wooden nativity ornament set the first year my husband and I got married and I’ve…
Continue ReadingI couldn’t sleep. I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my veins. I shook like I drank a week's worth…
Continue ReadingTo love Christmastime is to love my momma. Everything bright. Everything sweet. Everything happy. She was the embodiment of it…
Continue ReadingFor several years when it came to attending church, it was me with my first- and second-born children. My husband…
Continue ReadingAs I sat with my friend one evening for coffee, I could tell his heart was heavy. He looked about…
Continue ReadingIt’s been five years. Five years this month since the first miscarriage happened. I took it pretty well, but if…
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