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Finding Peace in the Storm
One thing I have always known since I was a little girl, is that I wanted to be a mother. There was a desire in me I couldn’t explain. As a baby, I loved babies. I enjoyed nurturing, providing, and being there for others. When my husband and I got married and we completed our graduate programs, we decided to take the leap and grow our family. Thanks be to God we were able to quickly, and my journey to motherhood began. The one word that comes to mind when I think of my first pregnancy is naïve. I had been dreaming of and romanticizing that time of my life…
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How God Helped and Taught me Through Pregnancy and Childbirth
We were so excited to be pregnant! We had prayed God would give us a child and he did…quickly too!!! We were married on January 27th and pregnant by early April. I thought I was doing well until in the middle of a work trip with my husband to Detroit nausea hit…and the bleeding. I was freaking out. The bleeding was light. Then on Mother’s Day, it increased enough we were afraid I was having a miscarriage. We went in that Monday and found out the baby was safe, but the Dr said it was a “threatened miscarriage” and there was a risk we could lose the baby. I bled…
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Thing’s I’ve Learned from being a…Momma to 6 kids
Scripture tells us in Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (NIV): “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.” If someone would have told me 20 years ago that I would now be a mother to…
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Build your own Visual Birth Plan – A Mother’s Perspective
A visual birth plan template can be confusing, yet it can also mean the difference between a positive or negative birth experience.
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The Balance of a Trim Healthy Mama Pregnancy with Personal Choice Products
A Trim Healthy Mama pregnancy can be challenging and quite honestly exhausting! Sometimes a mama has to take some freedom with the THM plan.
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God is the Author
I always wanted to be a mother. My nurturing instinct pranced at the thought of having a baby of my own; a baby to love, care for, and raise to be a beautiful being. I thought about how I would teach my child about what there is to know about life; how I would instruct my child about the trivial things that matter like hanging up her/his coat on the hook or putting the trash from snack time into the garbage. I imagined being an inspiration, my child looking up to me and seeing all that I accomplished beaming at the thought that she/he can do it to. I ALWAYS…
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Trusting God for a Baby
Trusting God for a baby when He doesn't seem to be answering can be one of the hardest things to go through. Everything from guilt to fear can set in and to make matters worse it can be hard to know how to work through all the emotions. My testimony to God and his faithfulness begins with infertility and ends very unexpectedly.
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5 Comforting Bible Verses for Loss
Sometimes when I sit still long enough, I wonder about the depth and despair that Mary felt as she watched her son die a cruel and painful death. I wonder what the Bible says about loss. Where are the comforting Bible verses for loss? Because to me, sometimes the Bible seems filled with sadness.
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A Prayer for Pregnancy Complications
Pregnancy can be difficult by itself, but add complications and it can be enough to push anyone over the edge. My pregnancy journey was fraught with emotional highs and lows as I combated depression and Preeclampsia. It is during those times that it is time to cry out to God with a prayer for pregnancy complications.
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3 Ways to Stay Deeply Rooted in Christ When Change Comes
Change is coming, whether we like it or not. How do we embrace change and stand deeply rooted in Christ, when all we want to do if stay in our status quo? Let's talk about how to embrace change when it is coming.
