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A Prayer for Motherly Courage

Posted in Adoption, grief, motherhood, tagged , , on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Karen at “Be Still My Soul” shares this touching account of a young woman, Myah, whose preborn daughter was diagnosed with anencephaly — a congenital and fatal birth defect.
The story itself is bittersweet. Instead of “terminating the pregnancy,” this young woman decided to share whatever time they had together out of simple love for her daughter. [...]

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Mighty Mom Mondays: Lessons Grandma Taught Me

Posted in Extraordinary Moms, inspiration, parenting, tagged , , on November 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »

As is our custom here at EMN, Sarah has chimed in with her weekly post of wisdom and took this month’s EMN Carnival on extraordinary moms to a whole new level! To catch more of Mighty Mom, go to her blog “My Wonderful Life.” Thank you, Sarah!!!
 
My Grandma taught me …
To speak softly and carry a big [...]

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EMN Carnival: Thanks, Mom!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Congratulations to Kate Wicker, who presents the winning entry for this month’s EMN “Moms we love” contest! Her entry, entitled My Nana, is posted at Momopoly. In my favorite bit in the post, Kate recalls asking her grandmother ”how she did it.”
“Did what?” Nana asked.
“Had nine kids,” I said. Like duh.
“Oh honey, if God gives you rabbits, [...]

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Calling all Extraordinary Moms… That’s You!

Posted in Adoption, Extraordinary Moms, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The simple truth is that every child thinks Mom is extraordinary. Whether that child comes to us the conventional way, or through adoption, or foster care, or some other way. Your presence is what teaches that child about love, about goodness, about kindness, about truth. You ARE those things to your child … and to [...]

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