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You Are Not Forgotten by Lisbeth Van Daalen

No matter what part of the story you are, I am remembering you today.

  • To the mom with empty arms, yet to experience first steps or midnight snuggles, I see you. I see the way you watch other mothers with longing and envy and hope in your eyes. I see the hours you spend in doctor’s offices...
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Ep 92 Infertility & the Difficult Conversations that Come During the Holidays
 

 

Welcome back friends!

The goal of this episode is to show you how to keep your cool and keep the Lord first this holiday season. Well-meaning people will say triggering things, and we want to encourage you with helpful ways to navigate those difficult situations and remove...

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God Heals

by Kori Bailey

I can’t tell you how many times I heard the phrase, “Time heals” after my baby boy died. I know people have good intentions, but that cliche hurts. Each time it came fumbling out of someone’s mouth I’d smile and say “thank you,” but...
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Sunny and 75

by Lesley Mannen

 I have always been a Christian. I grew up in the church, I was baptized, I went to church camp in the summer, recited memory verses, memorized the books of the bible etc. etc.But My RELATIONSHIP with Christ really began when the year 2019 started. Nothing has grown and...

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Great Expectations: What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting

By Stephanie Hanrahan

To get my two children I had to give up two. Or rather, my body did. At six and seven weeks my miscarriages were early, barely existent, yet so significant. I remember my first missed period. Oh, the joy! I had waited so long for life to hand me this favor. I...

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My Identity

by Sara Blakeney

I woke up before my alarm clock. Today was the big day! My husband and I would find out what we had been waiting for weeks to know: whether or not we would become parents. As I got dressed, I reflected on my journey. The first in vitro fertilization the year before had been...

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