Hope Archives - Mary Rose Kreger

Madoc’s Choice

By maryrosekreger October 1, 2023Life After Convent, Website NewsAvalon Lost, Fantasy Romance, Fiona's Choice, Healing, Hope, Legend Haven, Madoc's Choice, Marriage, YA FantasyNo Comments

In honor of our 8th wedding anniversary this week, I'm delighted to present "Madoc's Choice," an epic fantasy romance set in the world of Avalon Lost. ❤️🏰

The Cloistered Heart, Part 3: Spiritual Heartache

By maryrosekreger August 20, 2023Life After ConventFaith, God's Will, Hope, Interior Life, Life After Convent, Nancy Shuman, Spiritual Heartache, The Cloistered Heart, The Convent of the Heart, The Expansion, Writing LifeNo Comments

You said you have so long waited...for the convent of the heart. When I first found Nancy Shuman's book, The Cloistered Heart, I just kept saying to myself, "How does she know?" -Email message from Cora Brown, a Cloistered Heart

Out of Darkness, New Life

By maryrosekreger January 30, 2023Life After ConventFamily, Fertility, Future, Hope, Life After Convent, New Life, ResurrectionNo Comments

It seemed as if the dark cloud of PMDD hid also a secret gift. The disorder that had caused me so much suffering, was also the very thing that could produce new life.

A Reason to Keep Going

By maryrosekreger September 14, 2022Life After ConventHealing, Hope, Life After Convent, San Francisco, The Missing Chapter, WritingNo Comments

On the plane ride home from California, I started writing the “missing chapter”. My hope for healing was the reason I kept going.

Building a Convent of the Heart, Part 2

By maryrosekreger June 4, 2022Life After ConventBlogging, Convent of the Heart, Family, Hope, Life After ConventNo Comments

"After six years of marriage and the birth of two children, Mary at last learns to build a convent of the heart." That’s a beautiful way to end the book, I thought. But in real life, this hasn’t happened yet.