{"product_id":"choosing-motherhood","title":"Choosing Motherhood -- by S.S. Eaton | Airlift","description":"\u003ch2\u003eNobody Told You It Would Be This Hard. Nobody Told You It Would Be This Holy.\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotherhood is pregnancy and childbirth, late nights and scraped knees. It's also miscarriage and loss, adoption and fostering, endurance and separation and love that outlasts everything. It is, in a word, everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChoosing Motherhood\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of stories that tells the truth about all of it—without flinching, without romanticizing, and without losing sight of the profound, eternal significance of what mothers do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories explore the full landscape of motherhood:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe hard work and the heartbreak that no one warns you about\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaith that deepens through the troubles of life, not despite them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLasting relationships and the \"fertility of heart\" it takes to love your own children—and others' too\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePregnancy, miscarriage, abortion, adoption, fostering, separation, loss, and death—all held within a wondrous eternal plan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Burnt toast is fairly symbolic of motherhood. If you are the one who burned the toast, you scrape it off and eat it yourself. If they burned it, you eat it because they burned it specially for you.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— Emily Watts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you choose motherhood, you choose a noble journey. You also choose to smile while eating burnt toast. This book is for every woman who knows exactly what that means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOrder your copy today—for yourself, or for a mother you love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Airlift Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45868314886178,"sku":"AL-CM-22","price":13.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0891\/9705\/1938\/files\/XJASTGQC6EEFOA34XGOBF6DB.jpg?v=1782840285","url":"https:\/\/www.airliftmedia.org\/products\/choosing-motherhood","provider":"Airlift Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}