Infertile women in the Bible During my journey so far, I’ve noticed that infertility is so underrepresented in everyday life.  While infertility afflicts a whole lot of us (7.5 million women ages 15-44 have used infertility services in the U.S., read more about that here), there are still many, many more pregnant women and women…

Infertile husbands are hurting, too. It’s a no-brainer that Mother’s Day would be a hard holiday for couples who can’t get pregnant. Reminders of motherhood and babies and pregnancy are EVERYWHERE and for those of us who still aren’t mothers and desperately want to be, it’s pretty much the worst day of the year. It…

Four years of marriage with an infertility curveball. Last week my husband and I celebrated our fourth anniversary.  When we got married, we had no idea that the curveball of infertility was coming our way. Life doesn’t look quite like we pictured it would back then, but life is good. We have each other and…

What Inside Out got right about grief truly blew me away when I watched it. First I should explain that I never truly knew what grief was before infertility became a part of my life. Yes, disappointing and sad things happened to me and those I love, and people I loved dearly left this life….

Infertility and another last Christmas. I haven’t written anything for a while, and to be honest, it’s because I haven’t felt like writing.  I started this blog hoping to share encouragement with other women struggling with infertility, hoping that I could find fulfillment and happiness during my challenges and help others to do the same. …

Sometimes I find myself pondering a paradox.  First you need to understand that there are a few things related to the paradox that I know in my heart are true, and I know because the Spirit of God testified to me that these things were true. 1. Someday, I will have children to raise. 2….

Years ago I read a short but moving essay, “Welcome to Holland,” by Emily Perl Kingsley (you can read it here).  The author describes what it’s like to raise a child with special needs by comparing the experience to planning a trip to Italy but finding out that your plane has landed in Holland. “Holland?!?” you say. “What do…