How to Support A New Mama? So They Know: Christ Cares for You

Tender. Uncertain. Alone. Every mama has felt these things, especially in those fragile first days with a newborn. But few have given those feelings a voice. Few have groped around in the darkness of postpartum and lit a match against the walls, carrying a light forward for other struggling mothers. In her debut book, Cradled: Christ’s Care for Postpartum Moms, Annie VanderHeiden does just that. With care and compassion, she reminds young mothers (as well as seasoned ones) of Jesus’s ever-present faithfulness in all of our struggles and weaknesses. It’s a joy to welcome Annie to the farm’s front porch today. It was a pleasure to sit down with Annie in the belltower of our 1896 old stone church. Don’t miss our video conversation below… Guest post by Annie VanderHeiden In a dimly lit basement in the middle of the night, I sat—hunched over and hollowed out. A shell of the person I thought I was—like someone had scraped my insides clean for a jack-o’-lantern but forgotten to add any creative carvings or soft glowing lights in their place. Who am I? I cried wordlessly in the darkness. What am I doing? I chided, fumbling with pinching, plastic parts in attempts […]