Brittany Lee Allen

Category: Miscarriage and Infertility

"This just isn't fair. Why is this happening to me?" Have those words ever sprung forth from your mouth? You stand, facing a painful trial or ongoing hardship, and suddenly you feel as if you drew the short stick in life. Maybe the hand you were dealt by the dealer wasn't exactly a righteous deal in your opinion? As a girl who experienced the severity of this broken world from an early age and throughout my adult life through abuse, abandonment, poverty, and most recently, multiple miscarriages, I understand the temptation to feel like life is unfair. Truly, for the Christian, life is unfair...but not in the way we think.

Truth for When Life Seems Unfair

January 23, 2018

“This just isn’t fair. Why is this happening to me?” Have those words ever sprung forth from your mouth? You stand, facing a painful trial

If you're walking through a similar season, I pray you'd join me in focusing on a new due date--the one where we are due to be with Jesus forever, and the day we will meet our little ones in heaven.

Looking Toward a New Due Date

January 15, 2018

January 16th 2018. The day our first child was due to enter the world. I realize it’s just an estimated date and they’re rarely correct,

Many women are headed into Christmas with deep sorrow in their hearts. Some of us have arms that remain empty and others have arms less full than expected.

The Baby Given to the Mom Who Miscarried

December 11, 2017

Many women are headed into Christmas with deep sorrow in their hearts. Some of us have arms that remain empty and others have arms less

So, even now, we will praise him. We will lift his name up and pray for strength to glorify him in this journey. Though it is hard and could hold even more loss, he doesn't waste an ounce of our pain. We are blessed. We are comforted. We are thankful.

Even Now We Will Praise Him: The Story of the Children We Lost

November 14, 2017

Not many women feel led to share the details of their miscarriages. But as I look back on these last few months, I can’t help

As the fog of grief slowly begins to lift after the loss of our unborn child, I've finally had a chance to think through the thoughts that have circulated in my mind for months. The more clearly I see, the more urgency I feel for women to truly understand what happens in the throes of miscarriage.

3 Things Christian Women Need to Know About Miscarriage

October 10, 2017

As the fog of grief slowly begins to lift after the loss of our unborn child, I’ve finally had a chance to think through the

The world still spins. People continue to laugh together. They eat dinner with their family. Friends go get coffee. Children keep playing. But my world is tearing at the seams as the evidence of the death of my baby takes over my body and my heart shatters.

Miscarriage: Those Little Lives Matter

June 15, 2017

Warning: There are some short and somewhat graphic descriptions in this article. The world still spins. People continue to laugh together. They eat dinner with