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Category: holidays
Joy on the Feast of the Annunciation
I’m sorry you’ve heard so little from me lately! It’s been a busy season and now I am holed up in bed with Covid. It’s hard to be tired, but I am grateful I didn’t get it until now when it seems to be generally milder and we have treatments available. This will need to…
St. Nicholas and Infertility
Today is the feast of St. Nicholas the wonderworker. Yes, the “jolly old elf” associated with Christmas is based on a real person. Did you know that St. Nicholas was born after a thirty-year struggle with infertility? That is a long time to wait and hope!
On Gratitude
As Americans prepare to set the table for Thanksgiving and I await the call from a client who might just have a Thanksgiving baby this week, my thoughts turn to the importance of gratitude in life, and particularly in birth. Our culture asks us to take a moment of gratitude this week, but what about…
Pregnancy and Postpartum Holiday Frazzles
I am excited that this afternoon I will be baking Christmas cookies with three of my children, my mom, and my brother, planning our Thanksgiving meal, and confirming plans for my fourth child to come home for Christmas. (He goes to school in Scotland so Thanksgiving break isn’t a thing for him.) It’s a full…
