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…5 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·May 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…6 min read·Feb 20, 2019--3--3
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…3 min read·Feb 11, 2019--1--1
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 —…8 min read·Aug 24, 2018--8--8