It’s a joy to welcome Kyleigh Dunn to the blog today as she shares her story of postpartum depression. Guest blog by Kyleigh Dunn: I wasn’t caught off guard by postpartum depression (PPD). I’d had it before, and done all I could to prepare for it happening again. But when it came the second time, it was unlike anything I’d…
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Guest Post by Alyssa Falkenstein Hope. It’s often defined as an expectation or desire, but biblically hope is a confident expectation believing in a promise from the Lord, trusting in His strength and provision. I didn’t grow up with much hope until I met Jesus. Though I grew up in church I didn’t have an authentic relationship with the Lord…
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Sometimes when my husband comes home from work, I cry. Sounds awful, I know, but it’s always been that way. Every morning the calendar lists out what’s expected of me, all the work and all the responsibility and all the caring for the little ones. Mothers always end up being the keepers-of-all-the-things, don’t they? The appointments, the hurt feelings, the…
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Guest Post by Mary Rabe I almost missed out on the last two years of my life. It still breaks my heart to consider that truth; but being on the other side of it now, I can also see that the lowest point of my life was also a huge turning point for me and the catalyst to incredible personal…
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My thoughts wander back to last year’s Easter. Hard and Holy, it felt like a mad grab for hope that Easter morning as I watched the Sunday service from my couch, clutching tight to the sight of an empty tomb. I always crave struggle during holy week, a longing to suffer with my God, and last year provided in full…
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