My Scar Reminds Me He is Faithful in Unexpected Ways
I have a scar on my lower belly. It’s not from a C-section or a surgery that solved a medical issue for me. My scar is from a laparoscopic…
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To the Woman Staring at Another Pregnancy Test
To any woman picking this box up to stare at it in longing, in mourning, in hesitation. To wonder. To wish. To throw it in her shopping cart again…
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His Twin Gave Him Life—And Me, a Son
A week after I had the thrill of seeing a very strong heartbeat blinking away on the ultrasound, my husband and I were at our fertility doctor’s…
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Dear Friend Waiting For a Baby
Dear waiting friend, Whether you are single and waiting for the right guy to marry and start a family with, or you and your husband are waiting for…
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Sometimes You Pray For a Miracle and God Gives You Two
I have prayed every single day for this moment. I’ve also wrestled with sharing our personal life on social media, but if our story can give…
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A Family Can Be Born in More Ways Than One
At some point in my late 20s, parenting became just about the only life goal I could focus on. I’d spend countless hours imagining the wonderful…
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Wrestling With Infertility and Faith
I think at some level I always knew. In our first year of marriage, I told my husband that I wanted to start trying to conceive before we were…
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Squeeze the Oranges You Have
My husband worries when I start to drink a glass of wine. Not at all because I have a problem. But because one glass often leads to a partial glass…
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Dear Friends Having Babies, I’m Happy For You Through My Pain
To my friends having babies: you are not my trigger. The past six months have been challenging for my family. We live in beautiful, but sometimes…
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You Were Given a Mothering Heart and God Makes No Mistakes
Dear infertile me, Infertility does not define you. What defines you is the cross that has the ability to heal all things. You were given a mothering…
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