Kristina Keneally: Finding strength in death
Stillbirth. A silent and lonely pain—and the source of many tears for Kristina Keneally, New South Wales’ first female premier.
“Every night as a baby, her hands would swell up and turn blue.”
Debbie Kraak shares how a simple prayer healed her baby daughter Bel Thomson’s swollen hands and changed the course of both their lives.
“At six months old, he weighed exactly the same as at birth.”
What happens when your child is on his deathbed, labelled “failure to thrive”? How do you still trust God?
Raising an autistic child
Gail Simpkins’ son was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder when he was two. She looks back on her journey and the changes he has undergone over the years.
“The children’s hospital became our second home.”
When Rod McArdle’s son, Brendan, was born in January 1991, he was almost too tiny to imagine, just a bare 618 grams.
Finding my identity as a mum
Eliza Zawislak-Ciz reflects on her journey from stay-at-home mum to returning to work full-time.
The mum who plays
When she started throwing away her children’s toys, her life changed in a completely unexpected way.
Juggling motherhood and work? Here’s why it’s actually a good thing
There are 5 good things motherhood has done for my career.
My one-year-old fell head first onto a wooden floor
The Bible tells us to “give thanks in all circumstances”, but I’ve always wondered if that included the bad things in life.
A glimpse of heaven
A new mother, a bedridden grandmother and a plane ride. The silence of the journey brings thoughts of a world after death.
Why I ended up with a fake baby and what I learned from it
Sharing my honest (and slightly surprising!) story about what an interactive doll taught me about motherhood and heart.