Rachel Walters
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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thefruitfulhollow
Feb 76 min read
The gift-giver’s guide to care packages
We are Frances and Clare, two sisters and best friends, and care packages are our love language! Frances carries the cross of infertility an
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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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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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Faith Downing
Dec 21, 20224 min read
4th week of Advent: Where are you, God?
“Where are you, God?”
It’s a question I imagine Joseph might have prayed in the interior of His heart as He learnt the news of Mary...
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Faith Downing
Oct 25, 20224 min read
When suffering and trust co-exist
So, fear not sister. In those places of littleness and longing and emptiness, press into TRUST. And please know that in the remaining days..
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thefruitfulhollow
Sep 20, 20227 min read
Ask the team: how do you deal with pregnancy announcements?
If receiving the news that a friend or family member is pregnant has been a particularly difficult part of your infertility journey, then...
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Jana Zuniga Pingel
Sep 13, 20223 min read
I don't know where else to go but Calvary
I don’t know where else to go but Calvary. The place where redemptive suffering consumes every broken heart that God has ever and will ...
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Chelsea Voboril
Jul 19, 202210 min read
My week in Omaha: surgery at the Pope Paul VI Institute
If you deal with infertility, you live in the US and you use the Creighton method of NFP, there is a chance you may eventually pass...
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Ellen H.
Jun 21, 20225 min read
God’s faithfulness during unanswered prayers
“God, where are You? Why aren’t You answering? Why aren’t You helping us? We are doing our part - why aren’t you doing Yours?” ...
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thefruitfulhollow
Jun 7, 20227 min read
If God is in the details, why am I still waiting?
But what happens when the signs stop appearing? When the snacks stop coming, we’re aching with hunger and can’t see any meals on the way...
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Lauren Allen
May 17, 20222 min read
Sidewalk chalk and God's love
I said a silent prayer that I would feel God holding me today. After waiting until the last possible second, I gathered my courage to walk
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thefruitfulhollow
Apr 26, 20229 min read
10 things you should know if you’re trying to conceive
If you and your spouse have recently decided to grow your family, congratulations! What an exciting time in your marriage! We know that...
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Kristin D.
Mar 15, 20224 min read
Overcoming infertility trauma
The devil is so cunning, isn’t he? Satan takes elements of truth and twists them in such a way that we suspend our free will because we...
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Elizabeth Miller, LMSW
Feb 16, 20229 min read
Infertility, then pregnancy: a story of suffering and surrender
Sometimes something hurts so much that all you can do is cry. Honestly, it’s reassuring that there are so many women in the Bible who...
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Ellen H.
Jan 5, 20224 min read
To the one who’s not where she hoped she’d be by now
No matter how tempting it is to engage in negative self-talk and repeat the same miserable story to ourselves, we must catch ourselves and r
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Rebecca V.
Dec 20, 20213 min read
Peace, but what a strange peace (4th week of Advent)
The opening of In This House of Brede captured my attention immediately. This 1969 novel by Rumer Godden portrays the lives of religious...
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Brittany Wahhab
Dec 15, 20215 min read
Joy is a choice (3rd week of Advent)
The more we die to ourselves, the more we find God. The more we find God, the more meaning we have in our lives, and we are able to unite..
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Katie Wood
Dec 8, 20213 min read
Faith (2nd week of Advent)
“Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever!” I don’t know about you, but...
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