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We’ve been big fans of writer Laura Kelly Fanucci for years. Haley and Christy have had the pleasure of meeting her in person and she’s been on our list of folks we’d love to interview for ages. Our conversation with Laura was beautiful, poignant and compelling and we know you’re going to be inspired and moved by her story.
Laura, her husband, and her three little boys live in Minnesota. In addition to her vocation as a wife and mama, Laura is an author and theologian and blogs at MotheringSpirit.com. So many people have been touched by her vulnerable writing about her family’s journey in grief after the death of Laura’s newborn twin daughters early last year. Laura generously shares that story in this episode and how she and her husband Franco experienced something very supernatural in the NICU as they were saying goodbye to one of their daughters. It’s truly amazing.
While there is plenty of heavy material in this episode, we did a lot of laughing, too. We discussed the idea of vocation or calling. We confessed how different the reality of motherhood is from how we imagined it would be. And we talked about the intertwining of love, grief, and joy and how Christ is present with us in suffering. So grab a basket of laundry (and maybe a box of kleenex) and listen in!
Links to what we mentioned in today’s episode:
Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl
Shadowlands (film about C.S. Lewis based on his experience shared in A Grief Observed)
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Laura’s books:
Everyday Sacrament: The Messy Grace of Parenting
Living Your Discipleship: Seven ways to express your deepest calling
Mercy: God’s Nature, Our Challenge
Connect with Laura:
- Laura’s blog: Mothering Spirit
- Instagram
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I just wanted to comment that I am THAT friend who loves being pregnant. I love it. But, I have had two C-Sections- so kind of awful labor/deliveries- and I also have an awful time during the newborn period. Really, I am a wreck from the day my babies are born until about 18 months old. So- we get our sufferings in different places. It is not without complaint, but I do love pregnancy. I would be pregnant for the next 10 years if I didn’t have to have the hardships that come with infanthood and babyhood. 😉