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Our third fruitful year
On 21st January 2024, The Fruitful Hollow turned 3! If you’d like to read about how this ministry came about, click here to read our first..

thefruitfulhollow
Jan 24, 202412 min read
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Why has God put this desire on my heart if He’s not going to fulfill it?
I invite you to tread this path with me, and to open your heart to ALL the possibilities God has in store for you. We put God in a narrow...

Faith Downing
Jan 17, 20244 min read
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Infertility on screen: part 1
It was movie night. I thought I was sitting down to watch a light-hearted horror movie (Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice). Instead, I had stumbled..

Brandy Norton
Jan 10, 20243 min read
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When the rug gets pulled
Every time we come to a new year, I wonder what it will hold. In the past few years, though, I’ve noticed that my gazes into the future...

Erin Kinsella
Jan 3, 20244 min read
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Following the Holy Family while carrying the cross of infertility
Society wants us to believe that a marriage is only fruitful when children come from it. If that were the case, what would be the purpose...
Sonia-Maria Szymanski
Dec 27, 20235 min read
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Christmas traditions for a family of two
If you find yourself lamenting that so many Christmas traditions seem to revolve around children, we want you to know that that doesn’t...

thefruitfulhollow
Dec 20, 20235 min read
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Behold, your mother: Our Lady of Guadalupe
This month, we are shining a spotlight on a miraculous Marian apparition for the Americas and beyond: Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Lady of...

Brittany Wahhab
Dec 12, 20233 min read
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PMS and the imprints of fruitfulness
On a recent morning, I was in the throes of PMS (sometimes this verges on its more severe form, PMDD). I was tired after a restless night...
Maria G.
Dec 6, 20233 min read
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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...

thefruitfulhollow
Nov 29, 20233 min read
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6 ways to be thankful (even if you’re feeling miserable)
When you're stuck in the muck of the messiness that infertility brings, it is hard to see the light. It may feel like your feet and heart...
Victoria
Nov 22, 20234 min read
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