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How to Support A New Mama? So They Know: Christ Cares for You

Tender. Uncertain. Alone. Every mama has felt these things, especially in those fragile first days with a newborn. But few have given those feelings a voice. Few have groped around in the darkness of postpartum and lit a match against the walls, carrying a light forward for other struggling mothers. In her debut book, Cradled: Christ’s Care for Postpartum Moms, Annie VanderHeiden does just that. With care and compassion, she reminds young mothers (as well as seasoned ones) of Jesus’s ever-presen