Barren

I am a barren woman. A barren woman nearly past the age where I must forever give up the hope of bringing forth God's covenant seed and the joy of ever holding in my arms my very own baby. Barren -- a word full of emptiness. Empty arms, empty home, empty heart. Barren -- a lonely word, full of longing for what can never be. For several years now I have been thinking of writing an article on this subject. Why? Certainly not for sympathy. Your sympathy will do me no good. Neither will it dispel...