Baby life is hard

How do we live authentically when life with a baby is hard? Elle tells about her difficult journey of parenting a newborn and how she coped with the pressure to say that everything is brilliant to her church family - when it wasn't.

Is parenting as a Christian supposed to be free from fear, stress and exhaustion? If we really were holy, would life with a baby be all happy and sunshiney? How do we communicate in community when we are struggling as a parent?

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