The Butterfly Blog

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

“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 ...

"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...

 "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...

"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 ...