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The gift-giver’s guide to care packages
We are Frances and Clare, two sisters and best friends, and care packages are our love language! Frances carries the cross of infertility an

thefruitfulhollow
Feb 7, 20246 min read
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January virtual rosary: Holy Name of Jesus
The first of our 2024 virtual gatherings for the Fruitful Hollow community is a group rosary meditating on the Holy Name of Jesus on...

thefruitfulhollow
Jan 30, 20246 min read
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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..

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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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