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

Dear sister, I held the small container in my hand, carefully reading the instructions printed under my name. I had just arrived home...

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...

A wise and holy priest once told me that we don’t get to Easter Sunday without Good Friday. Simply put, we must go through suffering to...

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...

So, my dear friend, I challenge you to take up your thorn and make it flower. It may not be the flower you hoped and prayed for, but...

Struggling with infertility or loss can be a time of deep pain and sorrow, even to the point of having suicidal thoughts. Social media is...

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...

When Our Lady appeared to St. Bernadette in Lourdes in 1858, she chose the poorest, least educated child in the whole town to carry her...

When you know it is time for a change “I can’t do this any longer!” “I feel like I’m hitting my head against a brick wall.” “We just keep...

“If only You had been here…” Martha’s words ring true over two thousand years later. How many times have I caught myself dejectedly..."

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...

Disappointment. It’s something we’re all familiar with. Sometimes we can shrug it off, but what happens when it’s related to something that

This blog post is adapted from a talk given at a retreat evening for women experiencing infertility and loss.

This is part of our 2023 “Behold, your mother” series, which will feature a different personage of Mary each month. Read to the end of...

God is our fortress Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth...

“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...