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In the wake of CDH: Honest stories from a mother’s heart as she struggles, grieves, and finds joy amidst the chaos.<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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The Thought That Takes My Breath Away<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Matilda is thriving here at the Ronald McDonald House. She\u2019s constantly making new friends and spends hours on the playground every day. There is a learning lab three days a week that she loves, she just started swim lessons, and she gets to go to the beach whenever mommy can muster up the energy. I knew she\u2019d do okay with the transition, but I couldn\u2019t have dreamed she would do\u00a0this\u00a0well. She loves being a big sister so much. She is always putting her hand on my belly to feel Walter kick, singing songs to him, reading books, and introducing him to […]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When is your Due Date?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yesterday, as we left the beach, a woman stopped me and said, “Congratulations!” with so much genuine excitement. She asked if this baby was our third and added a hearty, “Good for you!” It\u2019s interesting\u2014once you get to a third pregnancy and you\u2019re already carting around an 18-month-old, people tend to say that less. Instead, you usually get, “Wow, you\u2019ve got your hands full!” or, “How close together are they going to be?” It felt so nice to receive such pure, uncomplicated enthusiasm from a stranger. Then, she asked when I was due. I\u2019ve stumbled over that question so much over […]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“You Need Only To Be Still”<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What would it take for you to stand still in the face of a storm? I talked about how this verse from Exodus kept coming up repeatedly in the months leading up to our diagnosis. We have a small group of families from our church that gathers on Sunday evenings to have a meal together and discuss the message from church that morning. One of the questions for our group discussion the Sunday before our diagnosis was \u201cHow does reading the Bible contribute to maintaining hope during difficult times? How have you seen this play out in your life? APPLY IT: What Bible verses or passages have given you hope […]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You Are Not Welcome Here<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My brain caught up to me around 3am and suddenly I found myself awake and sobbing in bed. I got up hoping I wouldn\u2019t disturb my husband, probably the wrong choice. I fell to my knees on the living room floor and I prayed. The tears would not stop. I prayed for strength, I prayed for peace, and I prayed for clarity on our next steps. I asked God why, but not in the usual why is this happening to me. I wanted to understand what He was asking of us, how I could help to make good of the struggle He had placed in my path, I feared I was not strong enough to […]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A Mother\u2019s Intuition<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It was early on a Friday morning in March. We dropped our kids off with my mom so we could both be there for our anatomy scan. I had a lingering fear that I could not quite explain. I had told a few friends that I was nervous about the anatomy scan, declined my mom\u2019s offer to go to the appointment with me instead of my husband. For reasons I didn\u2019t know at the time, I wanted him there with me even though this was our third baby, par for the course, routine, just another ultrasound. A mother\u2019s intuition they call it, I believe […]<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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