A Song for My Soul: Trust in You
Music has the ability to speak into the deepest recesses of our hearts. God often uses songs to speak hope and encouragement to our souls. In this series, Hope Moms share songs that have pointed them to the hope of Christ in the midst of their grief. Is there a song that has comforted you in your grief? We'd love to have you share your story here.
Facebook. Such a frenemy. You love it because it lets you stay connected with friends and family, notifies you about events in your area, and allows you to share endless photos of your kid, dog, or what you ate for ...
Preparing Your Heart for October 15
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5
We are just over a week away from October 15, National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. It’s a day set aside to remember our babies who have gone to their eternal home ahead of us.
This date has been burned into my calendar for ten years now. Ten years of October 15ths have come and gone since my first hope baby left this earth. Somehow, the day always seems to sneak up on me, even though I am reminded of it constantly in the weeks leading up to it. Some years I have ...
Abide: 2025 Retreat
Are you grieving the loss of a baby?
Do you wonder if you’ll ever be okay again?
First, we’re so sorry.
Second, you can be okay again (even on this side of heaven) with Jesus! He can heal you in all the ways you simply can’t heal yourself. To help you along the way, we want to invite you to our next Hope Mommies Retreat.
When you arrive at our Retreat, you’ll quickly see that we all have different stories, struggles, fears, and feelings. We might all stand at different points in faith. Some of us are years of tears past the days that wrecked and reset our ...
Guilt + Grief: Am I Grieving Enough?
I sat in my kitchen with a friend whose baby lived for only five weeks. “It’s been five years. When will I stop grieving the loss of my son? Shouldn’t I be finished grieving?” I asked.
She looked at me for a few seconds and I saw a memory flash across her face. “I remember on my son’s 8th birthday going through the whole day before I realized what day it was. I felt so guilty for ‘missing’ his birthday. I was overwhelmed with guilt for not remembering—for ‘moving on.’ I felt so guilty for grieving for so long and then I felt ...
Alive Together With Christ
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
-Ephesians 2:4-7
But God. These two little words carry life-altering significance. Whenever you see these words, you know something big is about to happen.
You were once ...
In the Word: Our Light in the Darkness
Welcome to Hope Mommies’ In the Word devotionals. As we study God's Word together, we encourage you to use the comments as a place to dialogue with us about what you are learning and share your answers to the questions below. We pray that you hearts will be encouraged as you dive in Scripture with us!
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; Upon those who lived in a land of gloom a light has shone.” Isaiah 9:2
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Darkness took on a new meaning for me the day that we buried our daughter, Paige. It ...
Guilt + Grief: Should I Have Been More Excited About My Pregnancy?
The weight of grief that comes from the loss of a child is a tremendously heavy burden to carry. For many Hope Moms, that weight is compounded by the additional burden of guilt. In this series, we seek to gently guide the grieving mother to the foot of the cross to exchange this burden of guilt for the peace, assurance, and forgiveness that is found in Christ.
When I found out that I was pregnant with our fourth child, I was filled with so many mixed emotions. With each of our sons, I was ecstatic the day my test turned positive, but this pregnancy ...
A Precious Memory with My Daughter
My parents raised my two sisters and me in the church and in a strong Christian household. When it came to baptism, our parents wanted us to make that decision for ourselves. They never pressured us into getting baptized. As a child, I thought baptism was for new Christians only, and since I wasn’t a new Christian, it seemed weird for me to be baptized. I was also really shy. If my sisters weren’t going in front of everyone at church, neither was I!
As I grew older, I understood that baptism wasn’t just for new Christians. It is an outward representation of the ...
