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MOTHERS’ DAY AND BABY LOSS

March 27, 2019 6 Comments

Too Soon by Jane Clamp (SPCK), book review, baby loss, miscarriage, The Hope-Filled Family

Approximately 1 in 8 pregnancies end in miscarriage. It's a startlingly high figure, and I count myself as guiltily fortunate to be excluded from it. But so many of my friends have experienced miscarriage in a variety of ways, at a variety of stages, that despite being daily driven up the wall by … [Read more...] about MOTHERS’ DAY AND BABY LOSS

Books and resources· Discipleship for parents· Mothers' Day

WHY MY SON TORE UP HIS MOTHERS’ DAY CARD (AND IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)

April 6, 2018 8 Comments

An insight into the destructive behaviours presented by adopted/fostered children - why they happen and what they look like.

As an organised, sentimental yet time-starved Mum, my approach to archiving all those special bits and pieces that your kids produce (and which you want to keep because, my gosh, some of it is truly awful), consists of throwing them all into named box files. It works pretty well: each child has a … [Read more...] about WHY MY SON TORE UP HIS MOTHERS’ DAY CARD (AND IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)

Adoption· Explaining adoption to others· Family Life· Mothers' Day· Parenting· Parenting an Adopted Child

SHOULD WE AVOID MOTHERS’ DAY JUST BECAUSE IT’S HARD?

March 10, 2018 7 Comments

Should we abandon Mothers' Day because of all the hard feelings? Or is there another way we can approach this day, so difficult for many?

Every year Mother's Day rolls around. And every year I see a barrage of comments on social media or blogs about how hard Mother's Day is for many people. And every year there's someone who's calling for the whole thing to be abolished. I do wonder whether Mother's Day - like many festivals, special … [Read more...] about SHOULD WE AVOID MOTHERS’ DAY JUST BECAUSE IT’S HARD?

Faith· Family Life· Mothers' Day· Parenting

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