Rachel Walters
Judith’s call to action: being fruitful where God places you
Society tends to define a woman's fruitfulness by her ability to bear children. This concept of fruitfulness is narrow and can leave those..
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thefruitfulhollow
Sep 175 min read
Insights to hope
That pain stayed in my heart throughout the trip. I prayed the Lord would meet me here, in the mountains, in my suffering, but I felt...
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Rachel Walters
Jul 235 min read
Waiting with St. Anne: trusting God’s timing in infertility
When I learned that St. Anne and her husband experienced infertility before the birth of our Blessed Mother, it made me realize that God's..
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Mary Thissen
May 74 min read
Seasons of infertility: pregnancy after loss
I had an almost paralyzing fear about being pregnant again. This was something I desperately wanted, yet wanted to run away from. ...
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thefruitfulhollow
Apr 237 min read
Through the eyes of infertility: a collection of insights, part 2
“I’m going to be honest with you because someone needs to be. At your current weight, you have no business trying to conceive”. I steady...
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Sarah Hauer
Mar 195 min read
Abundant life and the friendship of St. Gerard Majella
"I have come so they may have life and have it more abundantly" says Jesus in John 10:10. It is the desire of every human heart, to live an
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Jenna O’Farrell
Mar 133 min read
Learning to love my childless life
I love my childless life. That’s a sentence I never thought I would say! My husband Donovan and I have been trying for a baby for almost...
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Faith Downing
Jan 174 min read
Why has God put this desire on my heart if He’s not going to fulfill it?
I invite you to tread this path with me, and to open your heart to ALL the possibilities God has in store for you. We put God in a narrow...
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Brandy Norton
Jan 103 min read
Infertility on screen: part 1
It was movie night. I thought I was sitting down to watch a light-hearted horror movie (Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice). Instead, I had stumbled..
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Erin Kinsella
Jan 34 min read
When the rug gets pulled
Every time we come to a new year, I wonder what it will hold. In the past few years, though, I’ve noticed that my gazes into the future...
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Sonia-Maria Szymanski
Dec 27, 20235 min read
Following the Holy Family while carrying the cross of infertility
Society wants us to believe that a marriage is only fruitful when children come from it. If that were the case, what would be the purpose...
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Victoria
Nov 22, 20234 min read
6 ways to be thankful (even if you’re feeling miserable)
When you're stuck in the muck of the messiness that infertility brings, it is hard to see the light. It may feel like your feet and heart...
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Danielle Thompson
Sep 5, 20235 min read
Letters of encouragement: TTC and the 8 year wait
We were in front of the cathedral. It was nearing midnight. The air was crisp, I could see my breath. I was in need of physical healing...
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thefruitfulhollow
Jul 25, 20238 min read
When your child experiences infertility: your story
On July 26 the Church celebrates the feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim, parents of Our Lady, and the fourth Sunday of July is therefore known..
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Chelsea Voboril
May 24, 20232 min read
God of the hills and valleys
“He’s God of the hills and valleys.” (Tauren Wells)
While listening to the Sunday readings one day (Luke 17:5-10… faith the size of a musta
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Ellen H.
Apr 11, 20235 min read
Spring comes slowly: grieving, healing and growing new dreams
The dead blooms of last year clung right beside the new buds which brimmed with possibility for the spring ahead. I did not see the roses...
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Mary Thissen
Apr 8, 20233 min read
Holy Saturdays of our lives
A wise and holy priest once told me that we don’t get to Easter Sunday without Good Friday. Simply put, we must go through suffering to...
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Marie Justin
Mar 28, 20234 min read
Letters of encouragement: going through fertility treatment
The side effects from medications and then feeling like an experiment at times would just become too much. I remember crying when an...
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Kimberly Camosse
Mar 8, 20232 min read
The hem of His garment
There have been so many times in the depths of my grief when I felt as if I, too, was hanging on to that single thread. After my losses...
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Serenity Quesnelle
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Hope in the darkness
This blog post is adapted from a talk given at a retreat evening for women experiencing infertility and loss.
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