Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. Psalm 119:111 This is a place where mama’s share stories. The ones that have shaped them, changed them, moved them, broken them. This
By Sheree Plett Eisenhauer. My name is Sheree and I am a mother. I have three beautiful children that call me by that name (or mama, mommy, mom). The definition of a mother is simply
By Suzi Livingstone So what’s it like to raise your kids in Cambodia? Much the same as anywhere, I suppose. I have good days and bad days, laughter and tears, hopes and worries. The popular
TRIGGER WARNING: this post is about the loss of an infant. By Courtney Tobin I never knew my motherhood experience would mean I would have to decide on the most compassionate way for my son to die. I
It’s 2:00AM. I’ve been dozing off on the couch in the living room next to my son’s makeshift bedroom that we’ve created for him. It used to be the playroom. We like having him here
By Elizabeth Mannegren I was eight weeks pregnant when the ultrasound technician turned a grainy screen towards me and pointed out not one but two little miracles. And in that moment, with two hearts blinking
Mama grief is a difficult thing to make sense of. There are expectations I have put on myself. And society has too. We are a fairly traditional family. My husband works and provides for us.
By Heather Bowie. My oldest, this boy who made me a mother, was created very much in my image. The long, lean build, the oval face, and narrow hazel eyes. He’s my reader, the
By Christine McDermott Even if you never mother a child, even then, I AM is enough for you. His plans and purposes are greater than this good gift you desire, and He has not forgotten you
By Jessica Paulraj In September 2014, we will celebrate our oldest son’s 3rd birthday. His name is Adam and from what medicine and logic predicted, he was not supposed to live past 2 months. Three
By Aubrie McShane. On March 25, 2012, at 3:54am – I witnessed a miracle. And for the next 90 days I kept witnessing that same, beautiful miracle. You see, deep in the middle of the
By Bethany Stedman. I am an amateur author. And as I study the craft of writing, there has been one aspect of the craft that has stood out to me. You have to take your
