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Ep 128 Finding Grace in Grief: The Transformative Power of Lament

 Grief is a journey that often leaves us feeling isolated and overwhelmed. In our latest episode of Purpose Beyond Motherhood, we sit down with Clayr Simnacher, a counseling psychology professor with a heart for helping women navigate loss.

Clayr shares her deeply pers...

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Share Your Story: Loss When You Have Living Children

"Loss When You Have Living Children" by Rachel Windley

Feb 21

 

“You’re the one who was pregnant with twins this time and one was ectopic right?” asked my nurse at my OB office recently as I went for a routine 34 week check on our son.

 

It caught me off guard and ...

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Share Your Story: There is No Heartbeat...

"There is No Heartbeat..."

“I’m so sorry you guys. But twin B does not have a heartbeat…”

Those words will haunt me forever. If ever there was a pain so profound, so dark and so terrifying that you could almost feel it physically; that was what I was experiencing, as ...

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Share Your Story: When You Know Loss Too Well

 "When You Know Loss Too Well" By Rachel Windley

When you enter into “happens often” to “we need to run tests” to “what is going on?” …

When a positive pregnancy test does not equal joy, expectation and relief but instead fear, anxiety, grief

When your once positive ...

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Share Your Story: An Emotional Journey Through Grief

 AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF by Ivy Nault

It's been two years since we said hello and goodbye. Two years of living life without him. And these last two years have shattered me, mended me, softened me, and strengthened me. Basically, it’s been a heck of a journey...

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Share Your Story: God’s Unending Promises | Jessica’s Story

 "God's Unending Promises" | Jessica's Story

 The word “infertile” came out of the doctor’s mouth. My heart sunk. I nearly passed out.

That word would hang heavy on my heart and when my husband and I didn’t conceive our second child right away, it would resonate in my...

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Share Your Story: Find Him - Find Your Calling

"Find Him - Find Your Calling"

I met Jesus, by becoming a mother — something I was always unsure would be my truth.

I was born with a genetic lung disease called Cystic Fibrosis. This causes thick, excess mucus in my lungs. I have been doing breathing treatments 3 to ...

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Share Your Story: Kennedy's Angel Gowns

Kennedy's Angel Gowns

Our Dearest Kennedy, Your Legacy Lives on...

On August 17, 2009 Kennedy Milan Wilson was born silently into this world. After 25 hours of labor our beautiful, perfect, 5 pound baby girl was born. I was 35 weeks pregnant when I delivered her. I ca...

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