The Butterfly Blog
Infertility often leaves women asking a hard, quiet question—So now what?
This week on Purpose Beyond Motherhood, we sit down with Lana Manikowski, whose story reflects that very question. After years ...
 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 NKJV. This profound scripture in Jeremiah has been a staple and strong foundation in my renewed walk with God and his s...
The Power of Your Words: Speaking Life Over Yourself
How often do we stop to think about the words we say to ourselves?
Most of us are intentional about speaking kindness to others. We remind our friends that they are loved, encourage our family members when they feel...
 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...
"Loss When You Have Living Children" by Rachel Windley
Feb 21
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“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.
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It caught me off guard and ...
"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 ...
 "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 ...
 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...