a mother’s heart
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Communion – a poem for mothers trying to worship
baby fingers narrowly keptfromCommunion juice,rowdy children hushed,a mother’s look,sit still,she barely gets a prayerin edgewise,thank you, Lord, thankyou, Lord.and in this quiet, chaoticpew,this mother with her children,this broken upworshipher Lord is trulyglorified,and likely quite delightedby the narrowly,rowdy,barely edgewise. -S.V.F., Communion ❤ I have been wanting to write about how a mother of little children participates… Continue reading
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The Grace of God in Seasons of Pain
New Year 2024 found me frustrated, restless, and burnt out. I processed through much of that by March of 2024 and was feeling more settled. Mere weeks later I would discover I was pregnant, then April came in swinging with tough stuff. There was a time in April last year that the cheerful and beautiful birdsong felt… Continue reading
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Heartbeat – a poem for happy, sad expectant mothers
Last spring as oak leaves finally came in green I stared at them, blue sky between, felt sad about things outside my grasp, no control for what may happen next. But before the spring turned up sad I found out about you one Sunday afternoon. Tucked quiet, happy in my womb, I thought all that’s… Continue reading
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Little Boy Came When the Sunflowers Bloomed
Every day past my due date felt so long. But he came as babies do…in his own time. Laughter punctuates his birth story and it’s this time of year especially that thrills my mother’s heart. Four years ago I became a mom and felt the joy of it in those late nights nursing my son.… Continue reading
Sierra V. Fedorko 