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By Shelly Kelly I woke up in the middle of the night convinced that Jesus must have been a preemie. Or that Mary did not carry him for the full forty weeks we define pregnancy. I know the Bible is big on the number forty, but it is impossible for me to imagine Mary willingly [...]
Entries Tagged as 'pregnancy'
Inspired by Mary at the End of Pregnancy
October 11th, 2011 · No Comments · guest post, Inspired by the Virgin Mary, Motherhood
Tags: guest post·Motherhood·pregnancy·Shelly Kelly·Virgin Mary
I’m not pregnant, but I’m sure writing about it
September 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Quick Takes, writing
-1- I’m on deadline. (Have you taken my survey yet? The one I begged about yesterday?) -2- For my latest book project. (Have you taken my survey yet? The one I begged about yesterday?) -3- It’s almost done. (Have you taken my survey yet? The one I begged about yesterday?) -4- I’ve written all the chapters (in a “boy are they UGLY” kind of way), [...]
Tags: my book·my pregnancy book·pregnancy·Quick Takes·writing
I need your help for my pregnancy book!
September 22nd, 2011 · 4 Comments · writing
I’m working on the final touches of my pregnancy book (more on that later) and I need your help! I’d like to include some information about bedrest, depression during pregnancy, mothering alone (i.e., single parenting), mothering multiples (i.e., twins), pregnancy after abortion, stillbirth, and unexpected (surprise) pregnancies. If you have experienced any of these situations–or [...]
Tags: help needed·my book·my pregnancy book·pregnancy·writing
A Glimpse Inside
November 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · family
I was at the OB earlier this week and the nurse practitioner, who was seeing me in place of my vacationing doctor, was concerned that I am measuring significantly smaller than I was last week. “Do you feel any smaller?” she asked me. What do you say to that? That “lumbering” doesn’t quite describe my [...]
Catching Up Edition of Quick Takes
November 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Quick Takes
-1- Tomorrow, I hit the “official” 36-week mark with this pregnancy. The baby’s due on December 4th, and yes, I have designs on a few Marian feasts within a number of days of that date, but…I’ve reached The Point. You know it, don’t you? It’s the point where the baby can come out, no matter [...]
Tags: Baby #3·blogs·Faith & Family Live·Motherhood·pictures·podcasts·pregnancy·Quick Takes
