As a child, I never got to play the Virgin Mary in our church Christmas pageant. Yep, I always played an angel in the chorus, never the...

We are smack dab in the middle of the most wonderful time of the year. Stores are decked in glossy red and green while speakers blare...

This is part 2 of my series about Infertility and the enneagram. If you need a brief intro to the enneagram personality model, I...

This is part 3 of my series about Infertility and the enneagram. If you need a brief intro to the enneagram personality model, I...

Ooooh, the enneagram. The word seems either super mystical or super hip, depending on what you know (or don't know) about it. So let's...

Dear Waiting Mama, The weeping cherries I pass on my evening power-walk look like fireworks this spring. A few short years ago, these...

The first thing I want to say to you, reader, is thank you! Thank you for taking the time to look outside of yourself to offer comfort...

Hi Blog Friends! Mother's Day was always an especially difficult holiday for me when we were struggling with infertility. You too? That's...

Now that I am on the other side of the TTC journey, I realize how very caught up I was in the whole thing.

Realizing there are zero husbands visiting my blog, you're going to have to take matters into your own hands to share this with him,...

I've made no secret about my stint on the therapist's couch. During infertility, it was either a weekly visit with Jan or an extended...

Ever hit a wall where prayer feels like a one-way conversation with an apathetic listener? Years of infertility can skew our view of God,...

Holed up in my cousin's upstairs bathroom during a family Christmas party, I railed at God. "Why are you doing this to me?" I sobbed....

The nurse wheeled me through the temperature-controlled hospital lobby and out into the harsh sunlight where my husband waited with our...

There's a story of a little girl whose mother caught her kneeling by her bedside, hands clasped, eyes closed, and reciting the A, B, C's....

Perched on his mobility scooter, my Uncle Chuck surveyed the scene. His grandchildren toddled about on the sandy beach under the watchful...

"Just relax, Honey!" a neighbor trilled as we pushed our carts through the grocery store produce section. "It'll happen!" After years of...

I celebrated my birthday last week. On a ski hill sandwiched between friends and family in the shade of a towering pine, we noshed on...

Is this you? Permanent "11" between the eyebrows, a look that says "Just go away"? If so, you may have fallen prey to bitterness, a...

Castles towered, lagoons sparkled, drums pounded and colorful flags whipped in the wind as the smell of freshly fried tortillas wafted...