22 results for tag: Q+A

Ask the Blog Team: Is Avoidance of Difficult People or Circumstances Okay?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. Is Avoidance of Difficult People or Circumstances Okay? Yes, I believe temporary avoidance is allowed as a boundary, but the key word is temporary! Sometimes space allows for Satan to creep assumptions into your mind about other people and circumstances ...

Ask the Blog Team: I Find Myself Almost Obsessively Reading Other Peoples’ Stories of Loss. Is This Healthy

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. I find myself almost obsessively reading other peoples' stories of loss. Is this healthy? I loved connecting with others online about loss. I've even made some long-distance friends this way due to my unique situation. I will say, I wish I would have taken ...

Ask the Blog Team: It can seem everyone is pregnant or just had a baby. How did you handle those feelings?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. It can seem everyone is pregnant or just had a baby. How did you handle those feelings? It doesn't just seem that way—everyone truly was pregnant or had a baby. Haha! If that is you, I'm with you sister. One of my closest friends was pregnant a month ...

Ask the Blog Team: How Did You Use or Avoid Social Media in the Midst of Grief?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. How Did You Use or Avoid Social Media in the Midst of Grief? I was very open from day one about our loss. I often shared about the dichotomy of pain and hope. Yes, it was hard at times to be vulnerable, but it has been a ministry in the making ever ...

Ask the Blog Team: How Can You Tell If Your Desire To Have Another Baby Is Not Just Your Heart Longing For The Baby That Has Died?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. How can you tell if your desire to have another baby is not just your heart longing for the baby that has died? After losing my stillborn son at 37 weeks, our family didn’t feel complete. We had prepared to be a family of five and still felt we should be ...

Ask the Blog Team: What is Something You Wish You Would Have Known?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. What is something you wish you would have known in those early days of grieving when it felt so heavy and dark? I wish I had known it wouldn't always be so heavy and dark. I wish I knew my joy would be restored. In the beginning, I willed myself to believe ...

Ask the Blog Team: What Would You Say to a Mom Who is Feeling Either “Too Sad” or “Not Sad Enough” in Her Grief?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. Your sadness will wax and wane. Thankfully, we do get relief from the burden of sadness. When you have days that you aren't feeling sad "enough", I recommend asking God and yourself...why? Was there something in the Word or in life that helped me not feel ...

Ask the Blog Team: What Would You Say to a Mother Doubting God’s Goodness in this Dark Time?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. Girlfriend... thankfully our circumstances don't change God's character. It sounds so simple, but we must keep going back to the basics especially when grief overtakes our thoughts and emotions! What a relief that He never changes in the midst of our ...

Ask the Blog Team: How Do I Deal With People Who Seem to Look At Me With Pity Now?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. Oh, we all know that face of pity when someone first found out you were no longer pregnant and also did not bring the baby home. Honestly, I don't let it distress me. It's a natural reaction. I do use it as a time to share that, yes, it is terrible, but on ...

Ask the Blog Team: How Do You Handle the Fear of Something Happening Now to Your Husband or Living Children?

Welcome to our Q+A series, Ask the Blog Team. In this series, the Hope Mommies blog team joins together to answer questions that are commonly asked in grief. If there is a question or topic that you have wrestled with in your grief that you would like the opportunity to see how other Hope Moms have processed or answered, we would love to hear from you. You can submit your questions here. In the year following our loss, I did wrestle with these fears. A lot. I don't think they were there before that time, but they pushed me to realize how ultimately I lacked faith in the Lord's sovereignty over my life. He dealt with the root cause of all ...