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Hebrews 6:19

"We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul."

What if Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month

What if Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month was about more than awareness? What if it was about noticing?

In Exodus 17, Moses grew weary. His hands became too heavy to hold up on his own, so Aaron and Hur came alongside him. They gave him a place to sit, stood beside him, and held up his hands until the battle was over.

Moses still had to stand in the battle.
They couldn't fight it for him.
They couldn't make him less tired.

They simply refused to let him carry it alone.

Grief can be like that.

When a baby dies, no one can carry a Hope Mom's grief for her. No one can fully know the particular child she misses or the future she imagined. But that doesn't mean she was ever meant to walk through her grief alone.

Sometimes loving a grieving mom looks like saying her baby's name.

Remembering the birthday.

Sending the text you've been thinking about sending.

Sitting beside her when you don't know what to say.

Praying when she doesn't have the words.

And, perhaps most importantly, still being there after October is over.

Because she is still her baby's mom in November.
At Christmas.
On Mother's Day.
And on an ordinary Tuesday when something unexpectedly reminds her of the life she thought she'd be living.

This Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, may we become people who notice when someone's arms are growing tired—and are willing to come alongside them and help hold them up.

“So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.” — Exodus 17:12

Read the full post here: https://hopemommies.org/hold-up-her-arms

Registration is open for the 2027 Hope Mommies Ret

Registration is open for the 2027 Hope Mommies Retreat, happening February 26–28!

This year, we’ll gather around the words of Psalm 23: “He Restores My Soul.” Together, we’ll make space for the reality of grief while looking toward the Good Shepherd who meets us in the valley, walks with us, and faithfully restores weary souls.

✨ Early Bird Registration: $395 through September 30
✨ Regular Registration: $445 beginning October 1
✨ Payment plans are available

Whether you come with friends or arrive not knowing a single person, there is a place for you here.

Early Bird registration ends September 30!
https://hopemommies.org/2027-retreat

Sometimes we read the Bible with our minds. And t

Sometimes we read the Bible with our minds.

And then grief comes—and suddenly, we begin reading it with our hearts.

After losing a child, familiar stories can feel different. Job feels different. The Psalms become prayers. And Jesus praying in Gethsemane becomes something we understand on a deeper level—the pleading for a different cup, while knowing we may still have to drink the bitter one we never wanted.

The beautiful reminder?

We are not the first to walk this road. And we are not walking it alone.

God has always been faithful to meet His people in their disappointment—and He meets us there, too.

🎙️ Listen to Episode 77 of the Hope Mommies Podcast wherever you listen to podcasts or at https://hopemommies.org/podcast.

Sometimes we wonder if the ache we still carry mea

Sometimes we wonder if the ache we still carry means we aren’t trusting God enough.

But Scripture tells us something different.

We are allowed to lament what death has taken. We are allowed to grieve what has not been restored. We are allowed to long for the day when everything broken will finally be made whole.

Our tears do not cancel out our hope.

In fact, sometimes our grief is evidence of how deeply we long for the restoration Christ has promised.

We cry because death is real.
We hope because Jesus is alive.

And so we keep going—
weeping, waiting, and hoping for the day when faith becomes sight and death is swallowed up forever.

If your heart feels heavy today because of what has not yet been restored, friend, you are not grieving wrongly. Your longing is not misplaced.

Read the full blog: https://hopemommies.org/we-lament-what-has-not-yet-been-restored

Because He lives, we hope.

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