At the beginning of 2014 I needed a new journal. I typically don’t love journals with writing on the front but I saw this one and thought this is the one for me. Joy. That was what I was trusting the Lord for this year and there couldn’t have been a better journal to begin…
When you know that the time you’ll have with your child may only be in the womb and for a few short hours afterwards, what do you do? How do you celebrate their life and choose to step into moments of joy and hope in the midst of the sadness? First. You invite your community…
On April 6, 2014 a month before we were to find out that the baby I’m carrying has a condition that will not allow her to live once born I read the following from my devotional 90 Days of God’s Goodness by Randy Alcorn: “But He said to me my grace is sufficient for you, for…
Why? Why us and not them? Why them and not us? Why is life so incredibly unfair at times? Why, when all around me I see women having healthy babies, do we have to walk through a story of loss… again? The first time, I didn’t have so many questions… now let the questions roll. …
It is with great joy and deep sorrow that we share that we are 13 weeks pregnant. However, last week our newest baby was diagnosed with a very similar condition to our daughter Sophie. At our early ultrasound this past week, they were unable to see our baby’s skull, a condition known as Acrania (you…
Let’s just call a spade a spade… you just lost your baby and your friend just had one, or has a growing bump declaring there’s a new life coming and all you can think of is the new life that you’ve lost. And it hurts, it’s painful, it’s bittersweet but often mostly bitter. There’s the…
“He is Risen… He is RISEN indeed.” What a glorious truth that is for us today. When you experience firsthand the realities of death… the hope of the resurrection becomes all the more powerful. And today, we have hope in the midst of our sadness and our longing that we’d be putting on Sophie’s first…
First off, if you’re new here… welcome! I’m guessing you found me through Sophie’s sweet little TV debut and I’m so glad. I’ve chronicled our journey with Sophie since finding out her diagnosis of Anencephaly (which was the brain disorder the piece is referring to). You can find her whole story at her page on my…
Last Thursday (March 27th) marked one year since our world was shaken to the core. One year since we began a journey that has forever changed our lives. A journey where unimaginable sorrow is turned to unexplainable joy, where our own broken pieces fed more than we could dream. A journey where Jesus and…
I can remember back to high school, when I stood with arms stretched wide giving my life to Jesus, singing “I surrender all” with reckless abandon and child-like trust. My deep surrender at that time was my sour attitude towards anything that didn’t go my way, whether God wanted me to be on the swim…