My husband and I had a conversation discussing how to teach our son to say sorry. For many reasons, we don’t want to force him to say sorry. Since he was only 2, we decided that an appropriate way to teach him at this age is modeling an attitude of contrition. In the same way, […]
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If you haven’t read the three-part story of my journey to motherhood, I suggest you start here. I dreamed for years of being a mother, and, after we submitted our adoption application, I felt that my dreams were finally becoming a reality. The adoption process felt like a game of hurry up and
Our Adoption Story is Part Three of my journey to motherhood. Click here to read Part One and here to read Part Two. Deciding Whether to Pursue Infertility Treatments I purchased a **book about infertility and read it while my husband and I accompanied our church’s collegiate group to National Collegiate Week. During this
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My struggles with infertility start with an early miscarriage. If you haven’t read about that experience, click here. Our early pregnancy loss devastated me. If God gave me the desire to be a mother, why did I experience this miscarriage? Looking back, I believe that, deep in my heart, I felt I was entitled to a
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Miscarriages are a devastating reality in this fallen world, yet, until very recently, it seemed that most people kept their experience a secret. The time period during my miscarriage and subsequent struggles with infertility felt lonely and never-ending. Although deeply personal, I feel my early miscarriage story is important to share, so, hopefully, one
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