It's official! Embrace Bravery: Embracing Your Infertility Story with Bravery and Strength, is now available!! I'm beyond ready for all you moms-in-waiting to get your hands on my new book! My prayer is that this book will inspire you, give you hope, and teach you to keep believing!

Maybe like me, you've been saying things like…

A few years ago, I was out to dinner with a girlfriend catching up after not seeing each other for a few years. My phone kept going off, but I was ignoring it in an effort to give my friend all of my attention. Something you have to know about me, I’m always glued to my phone, so…

Fear. What is it? Why do we have it? Why does it hold us back? How do we overcome it? I'm sure these are all things you've thought about or asked about fear.

Fear according to Merriam-Webster dictionary is…

I dreamed the same thing that all little girls dream – to meet my prince charming, get married, have babies and live in a house with the white picket fence. Maybe you dreamed it, too?

Some things in our lives rarely turn out the way we expect. And, this turned out to be my case...

So that mug I showed you that I received at the Carry Camp Retreat, you know this one. I was in love with this mug, I just knew I had to keep it in front of me at all times. So I brought it to my office at work to put it on my desk. Then,..

So the last day continues. As usual we get up early and have breakfast. And believe me when I tell you that was rough every morning for me. I am not a morning person at all.

Following that we went into our final small group time. During this time…

So the retreat goes on...

Saturday morning we arose early, had breakfast, and then made our way to the living room. This time the focus was the keynote speaker. She had a message prepared for us. She shared her story and reminded us that God is telling us that our hope is in Him. And then asked us to ponder the question: Is God your safe place?

Two things really stuck out to me.

Over the next few posts I’ll be sharing about my experience at the Carry Camp Retreat, a retreat for women dealing with infertility. So today is part 1, which is day 1 of the retreat.

It started…

What does it mean to be brave? It’s a term we hear often in this day and age. But what does it really mean? Does it mean you have to be a superhero or accomplish really big things? Can anyone be brave?