When You Feel Like You’re a Target for the Enemy

By: Melissa February 19, 2019February 18, 2019 LivingBrave, Encouragement, Faith, Feature, Infertility, Living, Lyrics, Obedience, Spiritual Battle, Support, WaitingLeave a Comment

Because of Living in the Wait, I’ve had the opportunity to reach thousands of people with the good news of Jesus Christ. I just celebrated my blog’s one-year anniversary, my passion to encourage others to make the most of their wait continues to grow and recently launched a pilot podcast. All this to say, lives…

E+DAY = Love

By: Melissa February 14, 2019February 18, 2019 LivingE+DAY, Encouragement, Feature, Living, Love, Support, Valentine's DayLeave a Comment

It’s Valentine’s Day and we all know what today is about: LOVE! Good thing, because that ties in perfectly with it also being E+DAY! What is E+DAY you ask? On the 14th of each month, I encourage you to encourage someone else going through a season of waiting or infertility by sending them a care package/note/text/call, etc.…

How to Live a Full Life

By: Melissa February 12, 2019February 11, 2019 LivingEncouragement, Faith, Feature, Infertility, Living, Prayer, Support, Trust, Verse, WaitingLeave a Comment

John 10:10 NIV – I have come that they may have life and have it to the full. Before infertility, I thought a full life was based on what I did or didn’t have. So, when I wasn’t getting pregnant, I thought, how can I have a full life when the one thing that would…

Living in the Wait Podcast

By: Melissa February 8, 2019February 7, 2019 LivingBrave, Community, Encouragement, Faith, Feature, Infertility, Living, Obedience, Podcast, Support, WaitingLeave a Comment

This year, I’ve been trying to intentionally step into the opportunities God has placed in front of me, regardless of having it all figured out. It’s not easy, as I’m sure many of you can relate. It’s definitely caused some growing pains, but I’m choosing to Trust God. Period. This next endeavor is a true…

1 Year Bloggerversary

By: Melissa February 4, 2019February 3, 2019 LivingAnniversary, Brave, Community, Encouragement, Faith, Feature, Infertility, Living, Obedience, Support, Waiting, Year in ReviewLeave a Comment

One year ago, today, I published, my first blog post, and made our story of infertility and waiting officially public. My purpose for starting Living in the Wait was to be a resource for others going through infertility or any other season of waiting. I wanted to encourage others that they could make the most of…

2 Things to Do When God Answers Your Prayers

By: Melissa February 1, 2019January 31, 2019 LivingCelebrate Your Gifts, Encouragement, Faith, Feature, Gifts, Guilt, Prayer, Support, Testimony, Trust, WaitingLeave a Comment

Many of my posts address ways to continue trusting God in your wait, but I haven’t really talked about what to do when God answers those prayers. What do we do after all our hoping, praying and believing? Celebrate Your long-awaited prayer has been answered and now it’s time to celebrate! How you choose to…

3 Ways Infertility Will Change Me As a Parent

By: Melissa January 29, 2019January 28, 2019 InfertilityBrave, Encouragement, Faith, Feature, Infertility, Parenting, Support, Trust, WaitingLeave a Comment

During Christmas, Ry asked me if I had a deeper appreciation for being pregnant and if my parenting would change because of our infertility journey. I quickly responded yes. I told him, I couldn’t go through such a difficult experience and not be changed. While I can’t say with certainty what I would’ve been like…

Why We Don’t Need to Feel Guilty for the Gifts God Has Given Us

By: Melissa January 25, 2019January 27, 2019 InfertilityCelebrate Your Gifts, Encouragement, Faith, Feature, Gifts, Guilt, Infertility, Obedience, Pregnancy, Support, WaitingLeave a Comment

I was visiting with a friend who had been journeying through infertility for over 5 years. I had recently found out we were expecting, and as I sat across from her, my heart was unsettled as I decided how best to tell her. I wasn’t quite sure how to have a conversation with someone still…

Story Time

This photo pretty much describes the relationship my husband and I have. My guy Ry and I have been married for four years. We journey through infertility for over three years being diagnosed with unexplained infertility and and later, luteal phase defect. After hoping and praying to get pregnant, we are expecting a baby girl May…

A Nudging

Waiting…is hard. It is one thing to wait in line at a store, but waiting to have a family takes it to a whole other level. My husband and I have been hoping and praying for a baby for over 3 years. We are the 1 in 8 couples who have trouble conceiving (resolve.org). A…

How to Live in the Wait

I never wanted to be on this path, but since it has chosen me, I have choices to make. Despite our heart’s desire being unfulfilled, it is important we make the daily decision to Live in the Wait. We need and want to continue living to allow God to work through our wait to bring…