by Maribeth Francis | Apr 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
In those final days before Asha made her arrival, I watched several videos and listened to quite a few podcasts by a doula named Kierra Blazer who encourages women to listen to the Lord and invite Him into their childbirth process. I loved it. It was like food for my...
by Maribeth Francis | Nov 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
(Written throughout the first week and a half of November) With Opal’s first birthday approaching, my memory banks were flooded with what was happening just one year prior. The night before her November 1st due date, we had gone out to eat at Maggiano’s,...
by Maribeth Francis | May 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
I’m not mad at You, you know. You’ve been the most beautiful Friend to me through this. So near, so sweet. How could I be bitter towards the One taking care of my baby and interceding for me as I grieve her absence? Am I mad at all? Yes, but not at You. I’m mad that...
by Maribeth Francis | Mar 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
There’s a set of Scriptures that I just keep coming back to again and again throughout this journey of grief. Daniel 3 tells the familiar story of when King Nebuchadnezzar gathers everyone together to bow down to the huge golden statue he made. But there were three...
by Maribeth Francis | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago, we found out what went wrong with our girl. Upon hearing the news, there was a relief that washed over me and a weight that was lifted that I didn’t even know was there. But just like almost everything else that comes along with the journey of grief,...
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