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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Four years of infertility and an irregular cycle means that I have taken my fair share of pregnancy tests. In the first two years of trying to conceive, I stood over the test, desperately waiting and praying to see the second line. In the third year, I still anxiously watched the test, but for different
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Update: Giveaway has ended The adoption wait is a roller-coaster of emotions, with hopeful adoptive parents trying to expedite as much of the process as possible, but ultimately discovering that so much is out of their hands. I have briefly hinted at these emotions, but it would take several posts to explain the fear, joy,
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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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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 time,
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