Beth Morey

my story of faith, grace, pain, art, babyloss, hope, and healing

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Moving

A few weeks ago, this blog was infected by a virus. That issue has been resolved and this blog is no longer a dangerous place to visit, but many readers still cannot access the page. I think that...

Apr 27, 2012 Like

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Today I finally put Eve’s photo album together. Since we got our photos back from the hospital, I’ve been looking for the exactly right, wonderful-est, most perfect way to house them. But of course...

Apr 26, 2012 Like

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Springtime Gratitude

On Mondays, I catch you up on the beautiful gifts — both large and small, hard and comfortable — that God has been giving me. Start your own One Thousand Gifts adventure by clicking on the banner...

Apr 23, 2012 Like

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Struggling to Surrender

I have been struggling.I was going to write about how I am struggling to make art, to be creative. But although that’s true, that’s not the whole picture.The truth? I have been struggling, period....

Apr 21, 2012 Like

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Still Standing

Perhaps you have spied the new banner at the top of this blog’s sidebar. It proudly proclaims that I write for Still Standing Magazine! And I cannot express how honored and excited I am to have...

Apr 20, 2012 Like

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Minority

Today I read an unsettling pregnancy loss statistic — that 6 in 1,000 pregnancies end in stillbirth. That’s less than one percent. How did I become so unlucky? Splendidly Similar:Too Small Last...

Apr 18, 2012 Like

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Gratitude

… the world budding as spring makes itself known … making the yard pretty with the Best Husband Ever … talking with a sparrow … Costco pizza for lunch … chatting with friends at church … snoozing...

Apr 16, 2012 Like

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{Sad Hope Songs} “Sparrow” by Audrey Assad

Image source Today I talked with a sparrow. The Best Husband Ever and I were at Home Depot, browsing landscaping stones, when a sweet chirping captured my attention. I looked up and, cheeping from...

Apr 14, 2012 Like

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Life Recolored

When I think of my life before Eve died and was born, it seems like someone else’s life. It feels unfamiliar. Could those days have really been lived by me, in this same body that bore death? It is...

Apr 14, 2012 Like

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Gratitude Monday Returns

After Eve died, I kept up my gratitude journal, even though it was difficult. I intended to keep counting gifts indefinitely, but as I neared and then passed my one thousandth gift, I noticed a...

Apr 9, 2012 Like

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Easter

Easter, as far as I understand it, is the ultimate story of love and redemption, of being known and being seen by the only One worth being known and seen by. I did not expect Easter to still hold...

Apr 9, 2012 Like

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Why I am Still Believing God This Easter

Easter is my favorite holiday. At least, it used to be. Before Eve died. Now, I am not sure how I feel about Easter, because it is a holiday — another milestone day to highlight the fact that our...

Apr 7, 2012 Like

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Heartbeat

Eve at her 20 week ultrasound Today I had my second O.B. appointment for this pregnancy. I felt much calmer leading up to it than I thought I was going to. That was a gift. Instead of worrying, I...

Apr 5, 2012 Like

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Baby Socks

It started with baby socks. Not long after Eve died, I felt like God promised that we would not only have another child, but that it would be the boy. I still don’t know if this promise came from...

Apr 4, 2012 Like

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Oops

Apparently my blog was infiltrated by a virus (or multiple viruses). Oops. After a morning of work, however, I think that the blog is now virus-free and safe for use. And, since I was tinkering...

Apr 2, 2012 Like

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Mixed Up

The past few weeks have been very strange. I haven’t been as anxious about this new pregnancy, which is good, but I wonder if that’s only because my brain has been occupied with other stressful...

Mar 30, 2012 Like

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Seeing Gratitude When Life is Hard

This weekend our church held a one-day women’s retreat. The title and theme of the retreat was Seeing Gratitude, inspired by Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts. I had the honor of sharing a...

Mar 26, 2012 Like

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Pressed

It’s been a rough week here. I don’t even want to write about it. Let me just say that it’s not just about my daughter’s absence (although I am missing her so much), or being pregnant again (which...

Mar 16, 2012 Like

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{Sad Hope Songs} “Fall Apart” by Josh Wilson

I love this song. It makes me cry every time I hear it, especially this part: “I don’t know how long this will last. I’m praying for the pain to pass. But maybe this is the best thing that has ever...

Mar 11, 2012 Like

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Choosing Trust

Four months ago, I was waiting to go to the hospital to induce the birth of our dead daughter. Eight and a half weeks ago, I began the journey into pregnancy without even knowing that I was. One...

Mar 10, 2012 Like

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Our Big News

I’m pregnant again! We had our eight week ultrasound yesterday, and since Baby looks good with a heart rate of 174, I can’t help sharing. Primarily because we want lots of prayer — for Baby’s...

Mar 8, 2012 Like

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Caught

My blogging has been slowing down these past few weeks. Writing has become very difficult. I just don’t want to do it. I suppose that part of it is that I just don’t feel like I have anything worth...

Mar 7, 2012 Like

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Naming Eve

I want to share the story of how Eve got her name. The first thing I did after discovering I was pregnant in May 2011 was to begin making a list of potential names. My husband and I couldn’t agree...

Feb 29, 2012 Like

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{Sad Hope Songs} “Beauty Will Rise” by Steven Curtis Chapman

This song has been on repeat on my iPod since Eve died. It has become my anthem. As I wrote yesterday, the hope that I am clutching to through the questions and tears and darkness is that God will...

Feb 26, 2012 Like

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Beauty From Ashes

These past few weeks have been so challenging. Up and down . . . and down . . . and down — that’s what it’s felt like, emotionally. The grief has been hard. I feel physically beaten and so very...

Feb 25, 2012 Like

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Beauty From Ashes

Feb 25, 2012 Like

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Dear Eve

I am missing you more than ever. I thought that time would ease this pain, but it seems like each day is harder than the one before. Time is passing so slowly. I long for the future, for healing,...

Feb 23, 2012 Like

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Doing It Anyway

Today I spied this image in Artful Blogging. I’m in love with it. It represents where I am at so perfectly. Life has become even more messy, which I did not think possible. There is a lot of...

Feb 22, 2012 Like

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{Sad Hope Songs} “Glory Baby” by Watermark

I’ve been listening to “Glory Baby” by Watermark a lot these past few days. I love this song because it tells so exactly the tension I have been living in since Eve died — unspeakably glad that she...

Feb 19, 2012 Like

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Moving

An Album For Eve

Springtime Gratitude

Struggling to Surrender

Still Standing

Minority

Gratitude

{Sad Hope Songs} “Sparrow” by Audrey Assad

Life Recolored

Gratitude Monday Returns

Easter

Why I am Still Believing God This Easter

Heartbeat

Baby Socks

Oops

Mixed Up

Seeing Gratitude When Life is Hard

Pressed

{Sad Hope Songs} “Fall Apart” by Josh Wilson

Choosing Trust

Our Big News

Caught

Naming Eve

{Sad Hope Songs} “Beauty Will Rise” by Steven Curtis Chapman

Beauty From Ashes

Beauty From Ashes

Dear Eve

Doing It Anyway

{Sad Hope Songs} “Glory Baby” by Watermark

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