“A writer by both habit and trade,” Emily Stimpson Chapman has written several books, including The Catholic Girl’s Guide to the Single Years; These Beautiful Bones , on the theology of the body; and a guide to Christian hospitality, The Catholic Table. She’s also written for Touchstone, First Things, and many other magazines. You can read her reflections on hospitality, marriage, rehabbing a house, infertility, adopting a baby, and other subjects on her website The Catholic Table.
For the woman who desperately wants to be called “Mama,” please know: You are not alone. You are not a failure. You are not less of a woman because you can’t conceive. You are not less of a wife because…