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Ya'll, I am SO excited!! I have been wanting to re-do OVM's website for quite some time now, but life with small children limits one's time, you know? I'm finally on the way to working on it and I'm quite thrilled. I'm using a...
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The Postpartum Stress Center blog had a fascinating post recently regarding PPD and Suicide . She discussed from a PPD perspective a recent New York Times magazine article about understanding suicide. Admittedly, I have not yet read that article (plan...
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Hello, all! Katherine Stone (Postpartum Progress) posted a topic about Spirituality & Postpartum Depression yesterday. I encourage you to check out the post and the discussion that follows! Know that Jesus will never leave you nor forsake you! He...
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I am so tickled, blessed, humbled and honored to be interviewed by Sue McRoberts , author of The Lifter of My Head: How God Sustained Me During Postpartum Depression . Its a great book and I highly recommend it. Its been wonderful getting to know Sue...
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Yesterday I saw my therapist for the last time. We're leaving the arctic tundra of Minneapolis and we're headed to Indianapolis. Yippee!!! My husband started his new job yesterday. So I saw my therapist to say thank you and good-bye. I haven't...
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I had a long-time college friend expience a horrible tragedy yesterday and thus my devotional this morning held extra meaning and brought comfort to my heart. God’s Word tells us that we will have trouble in this world. ( John 16:33 ) But His goodness...
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Hi, Ladies! Please check this post at Katherine Stone's blog Postpartum Progress on how you can help this important bill get passed in the Senate. Your help is needed now! There are a lot of rumors and false information out there about this bill,...
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I just wanted to share an interview I did yesterday with Lauren Hale. She works with PSI in Georgia. Just thought I'd share more about me.... http://unexpectedblessing.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/sharing-the-journey-with-sue-mcroberts/
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Sue McRoberts, has (with 2 other accomplished women) launched a new blog to minister to new mommies and I can tell you it has blessed me already! Sue wrote The Lifter of My Head, the first Christian book about postpartum depression that I know of and...
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I would love for you to check out the new blog I launched with some colleagues this week. It's a resource for new moms to seasoned moms. It will be full of practical tips for motherhood as well as deep spiritual things. I hope you are renewed as your...
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I don't want to write much because I want you to get busy reading what I found yesterday. Karen Kleiman, founder of the Postpartum Stress Center, has written something fabulous for couples. Maybe everyone else knows how to talk to their husband's...
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This question has been heavy on my heart today. I've gone to counseling sessions on and off for the last year or so even though I'm no longer experiencing postpartum depression. I was first diagnosed with PPD in October of 2005 and my counselor...
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...is HOW in the world to stay functional and level-headed when illness repeated affects my family (including myself) ALL winter long? Really, I know that in the grand scheme of things there are much worse things in life than colds and strep and ear infections...
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...you plan to load the dishwasher, run it, empty it, and continually load it throughout the day to keep the sink dish free - and your sink ends up loaded with every dish in the house instead. ...you plan to cook dinner after working hard on a week-long...
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I did a search for God's arms hoping to find Scripture about His arms always being wrapped around us and here is what I found. First, He arms us with the strength we need to get through each moment. And second, underneath us are His everlasting arms...