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“Life is Beautiful” – A Sermon for Stillbirth
Originally posted on End of the Rainbow:
After the stillbirth of our twin sons, the church where Patrick serves as a pastor gifted him several weeks of bereavement leave – to recover, to mourn, to comfort his grief-stricken family, and…
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NaNoWriMo
Did you know that November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, in common parlance)? Me neither, until I received an email from a creative writing studio here in Chicago, where I had taken a one-day “get yourself started” class a … Continue reading
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In case you needed to see this today…
Why You Didn’t Fail As A Mother, by Angela Miller. You may even wish to buy her beautiful book – you won’t regret it!
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“Everything doesn’t happen for a reason”
I’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again: “Everything happens for a reason” is a harmful platitude that is simply untrue. Things happen, yes. Some people feel compelled to assign “reasons” as to why these things happen – fair … Continue reading
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Two “miracles,” and my response
Below is a post from a friend of mine on FB, and my response. How did I do? I wanted to say so much more… The post (slightly edited for confidentiality): “Let me tell you a story about miracles, Gods … Continue reading
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He’s doing well
Recently, friends of mine had 24-week twins. One died shortly after birth. The other is doing well at almost 7 weeks old. I was so scared for them when I heard the twins were born so early. My heart sunk when … Continue reading
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Sharing Hope
I think it’s an indication of how lackluster I’ve felt lately about writing that this post is about the season of Advent, and it’s currently Lent. The good news for my few remaining followers out there is that I’ve joined … Continue reading
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A new home
This past December, we moved. It wasn’t intentionally, which I recognize seems an odd thing to say about buying a home. We had been looking at Open Houses for over a year, after all, getting a sense of what we … Continue reading
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And my absence is due to…. *trigger warning: rainbow*
As some of you know from following me either here or at Autostraddle, I was expecting Anderson’s little brother in August 2015. Well, he has arrived, and boy, it’s hard to get to a computer when you have a newborn. … Continue reading
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Choosing a sperm donor
K actually requested this post, so I wanted to oblige! We get this question a lot from well-meaning friends (many of whom are also going through the same process), so it does help to have it written down here for … Continue reading
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