Category: Personal Stories
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A Train of Thought
Recently, someone gave us a box of conversation starter cards to use with kids. The cards cover a range of topics, and have been a fun way for us to talk about some different things at our dinner table. Sometimes Finley’s answers are predictable and sometimes they catch me totally…
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What Does Normal Even Mean?
The algorithm knows me well and frequently feeds me parenting/mothering specific content. There’s a lot of it. Something I’ve been seeing more lately is posts with the general idea that it takes mothers some extended amount of time to “return to normal” after giving birth. I’ve seen it in a…
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Not Enough
Last weekend, I participated in an IF:Local women’s conference at my church. We enjoyed some time together and watched several of the sessions from IF:2024 that took place in February. The first session of the day was a message from Christine Caine, someone I’ve heard about for years but never…
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Remembering
Last week at church, we were singing a song by Phil Wickham that took me right back to the darkest moments of our infertility journey. The song is This is Our God and there is a particular verse that goes: Remember that fear that took our breath away? Faith so…
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Say What You Wanna Say
Ever since I can remember, I’ve found it difficult to volunteer my opinions or thoughts in a group setting. Put me one-on-one, and I’m pretty comfortable sharing what I think. But in a group, it gets really tough for me. I’m way more likely to just keep silent, except for…
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How Did I Get Here? (Pt. 2)
If you missed Part 1, catch up here. (TW: miscarriage, infertility) The tears come streaming down your face… The week after that fateful ultrasound was probably one of the worst of my life. I had bloodwork done that seemed to indicate my pregnancy was progressing, even though there were other…
The Unexpected Life 