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Madeleine’s Birth Story
After waiting nearly two years before becoming pregnant, Nicholas and I were very anxious to meet our baby girl. At around 38 weeks pregnant, I was decidedly tired of being pregnant in the summer heat and would’ve happily welcomed Madeleine coming at any time then. Fortunately, Madeleine’s due date, July 16th, was the feast of…
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Trust: The Heart of NFP
I will forever remember the first time I tried to educate somebody else about NFP. I was explaining that NFP along with natural reproductive technology, or NaPro, could actually provide health solutions for most problems treated by the pill. My audience: my junior level morality class. I am one of the first in a generation…
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Choosing Strength and Joy
Between October and December of 2019, a few things happened that made it necessary that I be put on prednisone to manage my arthritis. And between October and December, I gained all the weight back that I had lost after having Madeleine as a result of being on that medication. I was devastated. At the…
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When it Falls Apart
This is a post I wrote in February of 2020 Most of the time I am able to do things independently. I don’t like asking others for help. I definitely don’t like being seen as weak. And yet there are times when the situation demands that I ask for help, even when I don’t want…
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The Art of Perseverance
How Nursing Taught Me Hope and Perseverance in the Midst of Struggle, Part One I always planned to nurse my children, and when I was pregnant with Madeleine, I anticipated the bond nursing would bring with great joy. I knew that it would not be without its challenges, but I was certain that those challenges…
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