a mother’s love
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A Bedtime Story of Faith and Motherhood
Not long ago I walked by the bathroom mirror and did a double take. Seven months pregnant and it shows. In November I will give birth for the third time. Yet for about half of my twenties I grieved the reality of infertility and the possibility I would never have children from my womb. There… Continue reading
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How Grand to Live an Ordinary Tale
I’ve wondered– Can I write a boring novel? Just about life. Describe those ordinary moments that speak of the deepest blessings, the greatest stories? Would people read it? The falling-in-love part was beautiful, but all the days to follow, all those dinners made, the discovery of being blessed though childless, those first two pink lines,… Continue reading
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I Hate the Lies They Told You
At 16 weeks I found myself in the ER due to bleeding. The risk was placenta previa. While I sat in the waiting room, a girl easily a decade+ younger than myself was wheeled in experiencing extreme pain after taking abortion pills. Months later I’d wake up one morning with the beginnings of a poem… Continue reading
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A Poem of HOPE for Our Generation
I hope when you heard us talking about how fast our kids were growing you felt hope for our generation twice removed from yours. And I hope you saw how happy we were to be mothers in this day and age…how even the state of the world couldn’t change the state of our mind to… Continue reading
Sierra V. Fedorko 