Anna Kettle's Blog

Even when a situation looks finished (Martha’s story)

It’s been Baby Loss Awareness Week (8-15 October) this week, so I’ve been reflecting on my own miscarriage and infertility journey again, and wanted to share a few of m...

On learning to pivot

  What does it mean to pivot ?

I feel like what I’ve been learning over the past year or more is mostly how to pivot when things don’t go to plan.

Maybe there’s something...

About Mother’s Day

  About Mother’s Day

I know that Mother’s Day can be a wonderful celebration for all those hard working mums out there, but it can also be a really hard day for many peop...

Seven years

  Reflecting on our story

Last week marked seven years since we lost the first of four consecutive pregnancies to recurrent miscarriage.

Part of me still can’t quite believe that this is a subject I’m talking about seven year...

Fave reads in 2024

Best fiction 

Top choice: American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins

Also highly recommended:

The Life Impossible - Matt Haig

The Prophet Song - Paul Lynch

Best (auto)biography

Top cho...

Encountering the God who sees

Last month we took a family trip to Denver, Colorado, to visit my sister and her family who live out here…

Still in a fog of jet lag after landing on the Saturday eveni...

Learning to trust (again)

  The big question

‘How can you still believe in God after everything you’ve been through?’ This is one of the most common questions that is posed to me after aftermath o...

Learning to trust God (again)

  The big question

‘How can you still believe in God after everything you’ve been through?’ This is one of the most common questions that is posed to me after aftermath o...

a theology on infertility

  Introduction

I’m a pastor’s kid, so the church was pretty much my second home growing up… Sunday schools, youth clubs, church family camps, summer youth camps, christia...

Fave reads in 2023

Best fiction 

Lessons in chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

Our missing hearts - Celeste Ng

Hello Beautiful - Ann Napolitano

Best autobiography

Friends, lovers and the big terrible t...