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Baby, Faith, Motherhood
August 17, 2019
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The Day My Baby Was Born, I Was Born Again Too

When I saw the double-blue lines on the pregnancy test, I erupted into loud, boisterous sobs. While most women’s cries stem from excitement and…

Faith, Motherhood
July 31, 2019
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Postpartum Anxiety Could Have Been My Undoing, But God Made it My Redoing

Isn’t it funny that after you kill a spider you instinctively look for another one? Suddenly, you are aware of the eight-legged danger that might…

Grief, Grown Children
July 9, 2019
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Please Don’t Leave Me Yet, Mom

The sound of my phone startled me as I started down a dirt path in search of momentary solitude. I groaned, irritated by the interruption, pulling it…

Faith
July 7, 2019
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God’s Promise Through the Storm

Those of us in the Southeast know that not long after summer begins and the heat overtakes everything under the sky, the hurricane warnings will…

Baby, Grief, Motherhood
July 5, 2019
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To the Mom With the Traumatic Birth Experience

In 2016, I gave birth to my son after a challenging and stressful pregnancy. From the first month of my pregnancy, I suffered from a complication…

Marriage
June 24, 2019
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My Husband Asks Why I Cry So Many Nights, But I Just Can’t Tell Him the Truth

It’s beginning again, just like I remember. Tears come uninvited, streaming down my face. My voice rises; my patience with my kids dwindles. It has…

Grief, Grown Children
June 7, 2019
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My Parents Are Aging and I Worry

I woke suddenly in the wee hours of the morning, unsure if it was the pounding thunder that had startled me awake or the pounding of my heart. I sat…

Child, Grief, Loss
May 24, 2019
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I Hold You Close Because I’m Afraid of Losing You, Too

Dearest child, I hold on so tight because I’m afraid of losing you. I caught myself staring at you during story time today. We were curled up in my…

Child, Motherhood
April 2, 2019
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What if Our Time Together is Cut Short?

I hear the baby crying on the monitor. I open my eyes, roll out of bed, and stumble to his room. “Mama’s here,” I whisper. I pull him out…

Faith, Motherhood
March 27, 2019
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This Stage of Life is Scary, Too

I sat on the edge of my daughter’s bed as she listed off a number of reasons she’s afraid of the dark. After validating her fears, I…

Fear

The Day My Baby Was Born, I Was Born Again Too

Postpartum Anxiety Could Have Been My Undoing, But God Made it My Redoing

Please Don’t Leave Me Yet, Mom

God’s Promise Through the Storm

To the Mom With the Traumatic Birth Experience

My Husband Asks Why I Cry So Many Nights, But I Just Can’t Tell Him the Truth

My Parents Are Aging and I Worry

I Hold You Close Because I’m Afraid of Losing You, Too

What if Our Time Together is Cut Short?

This Stage of Life is Scary, Too

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