Adoption

Seasons of infertility: infertility with children

thefruitfulhollow

May 215 min read

Seasons of infertility: infertility with children

My infertility did not go away when we started growing our family. My children did not cure my infertility. That is not their job.

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Through the eyes of infertility: a collection of insights, part 2

thefruitfulhollow

Apr 237 min read

Through the eyes of infertility: a collection of insights, part 2

“I’m going to be honest with you because someone needs to be. At your current weight, you have no business trying to conceive”. I steady...

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thefruitfulhollow

Nov 29, 20233 min read

35 years on: Pat and Lisa’s story

Lisa and I met and started dating in March of 1985. We have been married for 35 years. We are both cradle Catholics and active in our...

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Behold, your mother: Our Lady, Star of the Sea

Lauren Allen

Nov 1, 20233 min read

Behold, your mother: Our Lady, Star of the Sea

I met Our Lady, Star of the Sea on our first adoption journey. A case came through my email with a very specific name that the expectant...

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When being open to life takes you into the unknown

thefruitfulhollow

Sep 19, 20234 min read

When being open to life takes you into the unknown

I’ve always been pro-life. When I was in grade school I was even part of a “students for life” club. We prayed outside of abortion clinics..

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When your child experiences infertility: your story

thefruitfulhollow

Jul 25, 20238 min read

When your child experiences infertility: your story

On July 26 the Church celebrates the feast of Sts. Anne and Joachim, parents of Our Lady, and the fourth Sunday of July is therefore known..

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thefruitfulhollow

May 9, 20233 min read

Seven saints to turn to on Mothers’ Day

We understand that Mothers’ Day can be difficult for couples experiencing infertility, loss, or any hard road to growing their family...

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Help! I want to support someone I love on their infertility journey

thefruitfulhollow

Apr 22, 20234 min read

Help! I want to support someone I love on their infertility journey

Perhaps your sister, daughter or friend has shared with you that she and her husband are going through infertility and you want to know...

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Spring comes slowly: grieving, healing and growing new dreams

Ellen H.

Apr 11, 20235 min read

Spring comes slowly: grieving, healing and growing new dreams

The dead blooms of last year clung right beside the new buds which brimmed with possibility for the spring ahead. I did not see the roses...

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Gillyan McCabe

Feb 21, 20233 min read

Forty days in the desert of infertility

Is there anything that more closely resembles the journey of infertility than the season of Lent? 40 long days alone in the desert, being...

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Learning to accept God’s will through infertility

Mary W.

Nov 23, 20227 min read

Learning to accept God’s will through infertility

It is a surreal feeling to have your worst fear come true. From the time I was a little girl, all I wanted when I grew up was to be a wife..

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Lauren Allen

Nov 1, 20223 min read

Here we go again

The reality is that infertility has no finish line. If you’ve carried the cross of infertility and were able to give birth, you’ve...

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If God is in the details, why am I still waiting?

thefruitfulhollow

Jun 7, 20227 min read

If God is in the details, why am I still waiting?

But what happens when the signs stop appearing? When the snacks stop coming, we’re aching with hunger and can’t see any meals on the way...

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thefruitfulhollow

Nov 17, 202111 min read

Adoption: your story

November is Adoption Awareness Month so we asked ourselves what that means. We decided that it means learning more about the gift and...

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Adoption Diaries: Becoming acquainted with grief

Lauren Allen

Aug 17, 20215 min read

Adoption Diaries: Becoming acquainted with grief

A truth that I have come to know and accept is this: in order to adopt, you must grieve.

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Rebecca V.

Apr 23, 20215 min read

“Can’t you just adopt?”

A friend recently told me that when sharing their story of repeated miscarriages, she and her husband often heard the response, “Well,...

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Ask Elizabeth, April 2021. Is embryo adoption morally licit?

thefruitfulhollow

Apr 14, 20212 min read

Ask Elizabeth, April 2021. Is embryo adoption morally licit?

Is embryo adoption a morally licit option for a Catholic couple?

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