Scandalous Grace
Some difficult questions have led me back to one of the most excruciating times in my life. And, I am wrestling with the agonizing depth of those questions, wrestling just like I did all those years...
View ArticleWhen You Can’t Pray
I stood beside her bed, watching her slip away. Cancer stole her hair, her health, her energy, but it couldn’t steal her stubborn spirit. My mother died like the beautiful gritty, graceful lady she...
View ArticleWWY Holiday Survival Guide for Grieving Hearts
So many are feeling the extra ache of missing as we walk through the holiday season. Thanksgiving, Christmas, another New Year. A year without those we love. Many are looking for a survival guide. How?...
View ArticleFinding Christmas in the Broken
A couple days ago, a pure white blanket of fresh fallen snow covered the earth, or at least my little corner of it. Today, rain has washed it all away, leaving behind a muddy mess. What a picture of...
View ArticleThe Cloak of Shame
I knew the moment they left my body, two tiny baby girls who would never breathe a breath on planet earth…I looked at him and knew we would never be the same. It was among of the first words I spoke...
View ArticleWhy Can’t You Just Get Past It?
“I don’t understand mothers who lose a child. Why can’t you just get past it?” People have whispered these words about me in conversation, especially in the early days after losing our babies,...
View ArticleThe Insatiable Desire to Mother and to Be Mothered
It exists in each of us. The unquenchable, insatiable desire. To mother our children. Even when a child passes from this earth, we still long to mother our babies. That may look different for each...
View ArticleSGM Christmas Giveaway Extravaganza 2015 Day One: Ornaments
Welcome to the SGM Christmas Giveaway Extravaganza 2015! Today is Day One of our week of giveaways…ornaments. Our Christmas Tree should tell a story, the story of our family. And, that includes those...
View ArticleSGM Christmas Giveaway Extravaganza Day Two: Remembrance Jewelry
I am so excited about today’s giveaway. My beautiful friend, Amanda Plunkett, from Owens Gift and ABP Keepsake Jewelry has donated two gorgeous gifts for you all!! Amanda creates one of a kind custom...
View ArticleWays to Create and Keep Memories With Your Baby ~ Before and After Goodbye
Guest post by Andrea Soergel It is a naturally human thing to desire to be remembered. In our quietest, deepest times of soul-searching, I think most of us would admit that we ponder...
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