Discernment within a marriage is not always "fair" or easy. Especially when you may feel as if the discernment process was not equally yoked. How can my desires not align with my spouse; the person my soul is so intimately intertwined with? We both entered into the same covenant with God. We should be on the same page. Right?

I have realized that while I may have wanted a definitive answer, I wasn’t likely to receive it. I don’t have to make a big “forever decision”. My husband and I simply have to discern and decide what is best for us now, at this stage in life, or even just this month. At any juncture we can change course if we want to.

Infertility is a trauma which can begin, fuel and feed anger. Those long-held grudges, even that righteous anger at our situation, can impact ourselves and our relationships poorly. Forgiveness releases that debt. Forgiveness keeps you from the "poison" of frequently holding onto or suppressing your anger. To know that there is freedom from the tension we find ourselves in is indeed liberating.

No prayer offered in faith is ever wasted. Some prayers bloom quickly, others take years. Some may not blossom until eternity. But every prayer entrusted to God is heard. So do not lose hope. Continue praying, trusting, believing that God is working, even when you cannot yet see the fruit. May we become pillars of perpetual faith

The love didn't begin with those pink lines, and it didn't end when the heartbeat stopped. This loss impacts us on a level that is at once spiritual, emotional, neurological and physical...Healing is not about "moving on from the loss", but rather moving on with the love you have for your child...Grief lingers because love came first, and that love never truly leaves us.

I never needed to try to fit in. I always have a place with Him. The things that make me unique may be the very things that allow me to connect with and help others. God can take the very place of our deep sorrow and hurt and transform it to become a fruitful place where others find hope and feel God's love.

Let us remember the ways that we hope to be transformed. To remember our suffering ends with God's loving resurrection of our broken souls and bodies. To know that we are not called to know every detail of God's plan for us, but to let our lives be forever changed by our constant "yes" to His love and will.

Children do not establish a family, only the love of the two in matrimony under God does. I look at Saints Anne and Joachim, and how they direct us back to their daughter, who directs us back to her son, Love itself. If they can still have hope in God despite their pain and uncertainty, maybe I can take the first step in simply uttering a small, "Love I trust you".

If you think you have PCOS… no, you don’t anymore. Well, you do but… as of May 2026 this syndrome is no longer known as “Polycystic Ovary Syndrome” (PCOS): it’s now known as “Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome” (PMOS). The Fruitful Hollow is taking a closer look at what this change means for the diagnosis and care of over 170 million women worldwide. We’ve done the research so you don’t have to; so let’s dive in!

There are losses in life that are visible, and there are losses that are invisible. This one feels like both. We didn't lose a child we held in our arms, but we lost the expectation of children conceived through our love. We lost the ease of a future we had always assumed. We lost something deeply intimate and deeply personal.