Helena Monck
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I am not Saint Helena!
The journey out of grief is a sticky one. Grief takes time. There’s no quick fix. No shortcut. No getting around it. If I can pass on any pearls of wisdom in dealing with the tricky stuff of life it’s… Continue reading
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He will live with them
“I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will wipe every tear from… Continue reading
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When all seems like ashes and poison…
The passage goes on to say this…… “GOD proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks. It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from GOD. It’s a good… Continue reading
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You’re Gonna Be OK
How to journey through this fresh grief and anger in such a way that one moves through to the other side of it, with heart rebuilt and not destroyed by the tears and the inner screaming……? It seems impossible to… Continue reading
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Questions
“I beg you, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which… Continue reading
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Navigating the Unexpected – Part 2
The weeks settle down and I think very little of it when I bleed a fortnight later, reassured that my body is settling down. The follow-up from the clinic is to carry out one final pregnancy test, having allowed sufficient… Continue reading
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Navigating the Unexpected
As we head into the major Christmas festivities I start to bleed and am grateful that my body is releasing what was not to be this time. We focus on the mystery and majesty of Christmas Day and have free… Continue reading
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Breathing Underwater
I think I know the outcome before it happens. I have a sense in my body that what we are longing for isn’t going to be. As we wait for the phone call to reveal the result of my blood… Continue reading
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The Weight of Waiting
For the first few days after the transfer I am instructed by the clinic to take it easy – avoid hot showers, hot water bottles, no heavy lifting or strenuous exercise, nothing that will cause my body to overheat or… Continue reading
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Our God is Well Able
The time comes……A time we have waited long, long days for. Embryo transfer month. Over our year of visiting the clinic I have watched so many women disappear into theatre to have their tiny buds of hope planted back into… Continue reading
treasures in the darkness 