Chrissie DunhamMiscarriage and Motherhood: Finding God in Silence and NoiseThe exam table paper crinkled beneath me, electric lights buzzed overhead. The doctor clicked on the ultrasound screen and began his…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Chrissie DunhamPrayer of a Working Mom-to-be“So — where do you want to grow this year?” My manager’s enthusiasm carried through my laptop’s speakers. I studied his face on the screen…May 12, 2019May 12, 2019
Chrissie DunhamReflections on a (first) first trimesterI woke up, slipped into the bathroom, and gingerly took the plastic-wrapped test out of the box I’d stashed below the sink. I read and…Feb 20, 20193Feb 20, 20193
Chrissie DunhamUnexpected Answers to Uncertain PrayersI wasn’t on my knees, or in a church. My hands weren’t folded — were they supposed to be? Or were they suppose to be pressed together…Feb 11, 20191Feb 11, 20191
Chrissie DunhamSex and My Conversion to CatholicismI was twenty-two when I learned that Catholics didn’t believe in using contraception. A Catholic I knew had just gotten pregnant —…Aug 24, 20188Aug 24, 20188
