But after that moment of surrender, something changed. My prayer life became something new, something deeper and more meaningful. In the past, when I heard people say they had a devotion to Our Lady, I secretly wished I also did. … More The Dance of Surrender: Finding Christ in Eucharistic Prayer After Loss
Sometimes, being childless just seems to come about by happenstance. While desiring to get married, many people have simply not found a soul mate to share the rest of their lives with; they thus live a life of celibacy in accordance with their moral and religious beliefs and are consequently childless. They still retain the ingrained instinct of nurturing which will need to be expressed in ways other than actual childrearing. … More Nurturing Without Children: Finding Fulfillment in Caretaking
The conversation at the well is not just about the physical needs. In this moment, Jesus shows His human nature and reveals His divine nature. He approaches with a request for water, but what He really wants is her faithfulness. … More Infertility and Mothering at the Well
What made the grieving process hard for me as the mother was that the subject was still taboo in today’s society. I felt I had to hide my grief from most people. My child’s life, though very short, wasn’t acknowledged. … More Remembering my Unborn Children
We humans have this universal desire to find answers and explanations. We want things to be logical, make sense, and feel fair. That rarely happens with grief. We want to reason away the pain and make it make sense. We do it a lot in grief, and in our responses to others’ grief. … More Sometimes There Are no Answers
As we navigate this emotional journey of grief and honour the memory of our precious twins, it becomes clear that while their physical presence may be absent, their spirits remain ever close to our hearts, offering us hope and reassurance. … More The First Birthday We Carry in our Hearts
As part of the paradox of grief, the way we choose to move through grief can harden our hearts or it can soften them; it can make us more receptive to God and to neighbor, or it can make us put up walls, keeping others out. In isolation, we often choose things that lead us into more distress or trouble. … More Verses for the Brokenhearted
Several years ago, when we had only been married about two and half years, I was really struggling with idea of a new year – another new year with no living baby, but three little saints. With each gathering, I couldn’t help but think of the little ones who were missing. … More A New Year’s Kiss
Often, what we may experience in that moment as anger or sadness is actually the God-given recognition of something beautiful—a good desire from God that has been overshadowed by loss. … More Dear Friend of Child Loss, A Note for your Heart as we Enter a New Year
The glory is that God used my brokenness and suffering to lead me to freedom. I was desperate for God to save my son, but instead God saved me. … More On the Twelfth Day of Christmas