Guest Post: My Heartbreak to Strength Story
Finding The Strength to Embrace the Life You Have
“This is autism,” the clinician told me about my three-year-old son after a three hour-long test. I stared at the piece of paper she placed in front of me on the wooden table and nodded….
Finding Faith As Your Parenting Heart Breaks
My toes were cold as I tiptoed out to my Chevy Astro Van on that early October morning. By early, I mean 2:15 a.m. I was wearing Tweety Bird flannel pajamas. I thought if I…
God Redeems, Heals, and Strengthens
As women we are blessed to physically house another human being for the better part of a year. This little life cannot survive apart from the mother. Their very existence depends on her lifeblood. The two…
You’ll Feel Normal Again
A little over a year ago, I was laying in a hospital bed, three days postpartum. My chest was heavy with grief; heartbroken that this season of life didn’t look anything like what I thought…
An Eternal Perspective of Loss
Fifteen years ago on Christmas day, I sat on a hospital bed six months pregnant with my baby girl Ava. I overheard my husband’s solemn tone in his voice as he spoke with the doctor…
Glorious Grace in Deep Heartbreak
By the age of 26 I had seen a lot of heartache, however I honestly could not say I understood what it was to have a broken heart. I knew it as an expression for…
Courageous Communication in Friendship
“My heart hurts knowing I hurt your heart,” I said, trying miserably to articulate how I was feeling after a friend shared that she was upset with me. Words didn’t do justice to the remorse…
God Is With Me Through The Fire
It all started with a knock on my door at 3 AM. I stumbled from my bedroom to the living room, noticing as I went that my socks were wet. When I finally got to…
What I Thought Would Kill Me Actually Healed Me
I distinctly remember the day I came home, exhausted and overwhelmed, and said, “This is the last thing we need. Why would God do this to us now?” It all started with a season of…