Bacon and chocolate, salt and caramel, ice cream and french fries, and a friendship between an infertile woman and a woman with two surprise
We believe that sex needs to be talked about more in the Catholic Church so that fewer couples feel alone on their journey. To open up...
From that point on, there was a shift in my prayers. I had been praying for a baby but after this encounter, I started praying for the...
“He’s God of the hills and valleys.” (Tauren Wells) While listening to the Sunday readings one day (Luke 17:5-10… faith the size of a musta
The nine days of prayer is considered to be the first novena, which took place in the time period between the Ascension and Pentecost.
We understand that Mothers’ Day can be difficult for couples experiencing infertility, loss, or any hard road to growing their family...
Perhaps your sister, daughter or friend has shared with you that she and her husband are going through infertility and you want to know...
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...
Our priest talked about how sin results in death – a moral death and existential death. Moral death in a person causes confusion, and the..
The side effects from medications and then feeling like an experiment at times would just become too much. I remember crying when an...
There have been so many times in the depths of my grief when I felt as if I, too, was hanging on to that single thread. After my losses...
As we begin Lent, I find myself being led to this moving icon of Christ by one favorite Dominican, Blessed Fra Angelico. Art has always...
Is there anything that more closely resembles the journey of infertility than the season of Lent? 40 long days alone in the desert, being...
On 21st January 2022, The Fruitful Hollow turned 2, and this piece today is our 100th blog post! If you’d like to read about how this...
This blog post is adapted from a talk given at a retreat evening for women experiencing infertility and loss.
“Where are you, God?” It’s a question I imagine Joseph might have prayed in the interior of His heart as He learnt the news of Mary...
“Happy is the man who does not lose faith in me” (Matthew 11:6) but it is hard not to lose faith. In the darke
“Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let..
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..
Our intention with this blog post is to address some of the common obstacles women face when discerning whether to begin a group or thinking
