Drink Freedom Up

While my coffee was being brewed and my son was be-bopping around the house saying, "Bye, bye!" to every inanimate object, I had sewn together a perfect, inspiring little blog post in my head. As I googled the lyrics to the song, "Dawn to Dusk" by All the Sons & Daughters, up came the lyrics and several blog posts already done on the truth this song sings. Sigh. So, as the morning hours faded and my son went down for his every-now-and-then-never-regular morning nap, I tried to muster up some other blogging topic. And that's when it struck me: when sharing ...

Freebie Friday: Choose Hope

Thank goodness it's Friday! What better way to celebrate the end of the week than with a giveaway! This week, we have a beautiful wall canvas from Dee at Red Letter Words! I really encourage you to head over to the Red Letter Words website and take a look at all of the pieces! They are just beautiful and I know that there is a piece in there just for you! We will be giving away a "Choose Hope" wall canvas this week! How perfect is that? So leave us a comment telling us why you choose hope to enter to win this stunning piece! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Hope Groups

by Erin Cushman Part of our mission here at Hope Mommies is to create community for women who have experienced infant loss. The word "community" is so trendy these days that it almost loses it's meaning. You don't have to be a great philosopher or student of sociology to see that people need people. They need someone to understand, to listen, to laugh and cry with, to "do life with"… we need someone to KNOW us. Our need of others is ultimately a mere reflection of our need for Christ. Hope Groups, our new 8 week small groups launching this fall, are our way of ...

Beauty Will Rise

Grief is a funny thing. It makes you feel alone and isolated. Hope Mommies was born out of a group of women who went searching for others who were walking the same road. It is common to search the internet, read books, and listen to music that you identify with in your grief. To want to find others with stories similar to yours. To know that someone else has lost and come out the other side of grief alive. One of our favorite families in Christian entertainment did just that. Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman lost a daughter to a tragic accident in 2008. Their ...

Gwendolyn’s Story

by Erin Cushman If you're a Hope Mom, talking about your children just isn't the easiest thing. Answering the question, "How many kids do you have?" or "Oh, too bad you don't have a girl!" or "Is this your first?" becomes complicated the moment it leaves the person's mouth. Any conversation becomes awkward as soon as death is introduced. How do you tell someone that your baby is in Heaven? How do you communicate the depth and gravity of that truth? If I cry, do you understand it better? If I don't, does she seem less important to me? When I tell her story, what ...

Landry’s Story

by Holly Steele My water broke on Saturday, July 24 at 5:15 am (That was the exact same time my water broke with Tyler) I was shocked and a little overwhelmed because Landry was going to be 2 weeks early and I did not have anything ready.. like a bag. I thought I had time so I rushed around like crazy while Ryan took a shower and shaved.... Who could shave and shower at time like this?!?! I was happy that I would finally get to see Landry and that precious face I had been dreaming about since last November. I was also excited thinking that Landry and Tyler's Birthdays ...

Father’s Day

by Holly Steele "It’s a boy!" were the words we heard for the second time on a beautiful March afternoon. I could see the huge smile on Ryan’s face without even looking at him. I am sure he was already day dreaming about all the sports they were going to be playing in the backyard and probably sizing up which of our boys would play pitcher or catcher. Those hope and dreams that my husband, Ryan had for our littlest never came true. However, words can’t explain how proud he was of Landry that he fought and held on as long as he did. He wanted to show him off to the ...

The Honest Truth

by Melissa HeereboutI am sitting here writing this on Mother’s Day Eve. My 3 kids are in bed and my husband is working late. Tomorrow will be my fourth Mother’s Day without my son Izaak. Tonight I sit on my couch trying to catch my breath from the messy tears I’ve been crying. It has been 1187 days since I held Izaak in my arms. And I’m still surprised at how fresh that pain can feel in certain moments. I had another blog written and ready to go. It was about being Warrior. Tonight my arms long for my son and being a warrior in this battle feels difficult. So ...

THAT time of year

by Chelsea JacobsIt's that time of year again. The time of year when every commercial is painted in pinks and yellows and shares great gift ideas for moms. The time of year when preschools everywhere invest in finger paint and glitter glue as crafts are carefully created for mothers. The time of year when churches stop services to acknowledge the love of mothers, perhaps giving each one a rose to say thank you. The time of year when, for many women, they are honored and celebrated and find joy in the blessings of motherhood. But, it's also the time of year when ...

Reflections

This is from a Hope Mom's personal blog, www.ourblessedhope.blogspot.com, about the Hope Mommies retreat that took place February 1-3, 2013. (more…)

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