In the midst of trials, it is easy to focus on the pain and lose sight of eternity. I pray these posts encourage you to look to Christ, find reasons to rejoice, and have hope in a glorious future.
*Trigger warning: Suicide* A couple of years after my youngest was born, I was diagnosed with PMDD. In my case, PMDD at its worst means that for one to two weeks each month, I spiral into a deep depression. Every sensory issue I have is exacerbated. Each day is a fight that I’m not sure […]
My husband came down the stairs to see me in tears. I threw up my hands and yelled “I’m done!” before storming off to the bedroom, leaving my husband to deal with one child’s meltdown and another child crying in a high chair. This wasn’t my most connected moment as a mom of a child
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“To be human is to be afraid.” Edward Welch (When I Am Afraid: A step-by-step guide away from fear and anxiety) I’m a mom of two boys, and the advice I receive most often is to let them do dangerous things. As someone who has battled anxiety since Jr. High, that advice feels daunting.
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How do I feel on the bad days of hyperemesis gravidarum? Helpless and hopeless. Having experienced a miscarriage and infertility, it’s already easy to believe that my body is broken and has betrayed me. Add severe, debilitating nausea and vomiting in pregnancy and those ideas are only compounded. But, those feelings aren’t completely wrong.
Meekness Defined Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. – Matthew 5:5 This was a hard week, and words failed me. The circumstances of those around me grieved me deeply and reminded me of my own pain. Temptations to question God’s plan, goodness, love, and justice filled my thoughts. Just last week,
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“You came across really rude.” My husband called out a sin in my life and I immediately felt the walls rising around my heart. After hearing my rude and sarcastic response to a friend’s genuine question, my husband graciously encouraged me to consider my answer. I immediately denied any wrongdoing. After realizing that maybe my
Note: If you’ve read my first three posts about my journey to motherhood, then this story will be familiar to you. I pray you find additional encouragement to pursue God’s plan for your life. I sat in the church sanctuary for evening service, listening to several couples tell unique stories of God’s plan to
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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 pain-free
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 person
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