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Fall of ‘03. Middle of nowhere southern Indiana. Before Walmart had cute clothes but after the local video store shuttered. A few months before, I tentatively approached my parents and asked them if I could have the mother of all niche birthday parties: Kim Possible-themed but also with a piñata. If you never saw the […]
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“What is that?” I asked, peering closer at the ultrasound photo. “Plague?” “Cysts,” my doctor said, her blue exam gloves snapping as she peeled them off. “Your ovaries are covered in them.” I was 19 years old, sitting in a sterile room with too-bright fluorescent lights hearing that I had something called polycystic ovarian syndrome […]
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“What is that?” I asked, peering closer at the ultrasound photo. “Plague?” “Cysts,” my doctor said, her blue exam gloves snapping as she peeled them off. “Your ovaries are covered in them.” I was 19 years old, sitting in a sterile room with too-bright fluorescent lights hearing that I had something called polycystic ovarian syndrome […]
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We're the moms behind Marian Mindset! Both of us became mothers before we felt ready for the gift of motherhood—Olivia at 17 with an unexpected pregnancy, and Hannah with surprise twins after being told she couldn’t have children. For years we struggled—yelling, threatening, and feeling like we were being punished.
But we also had the sense that motherhood wasn't meant to be like this; that God didn’t design motherhood to be a cross. Through His providence, we discovered mindset work, a practice rooted deep in Sacred Scripture and Tradition dating back to the early Church. And that work changed everything...
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