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November 5, 2021

God’s Unexpected Answered Prayer – Sister Pregnancies – Featured on Love What Matters

I shared the sweet story of how my sister and my dream of being pregnant together came true in the most unexpected ways, and after a lot of waiting and heartache. See the full story on Love What Matters here….

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November 3, 2021

Blending a Family: The Raw Reality

To give full context of our family dynamic, we are currently blending a family (married September 19, 2020) that lost a spouse (me) with three kids, seven, six, and four, and one from divorce (Dustin) with a five year old….

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June 20, 2021

The Man Who Came Next – Father’s Day with the Second Chapter

Marrying a widow who has lost her husband, marrying a family who has lost their dad, is a different equation than most. There is so much happiness and love mixed with so much sadness and a reminder of the loss. Because you are second, doesn’t mean you are less important; second only in timing.

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March 23, 2021

Best Books for Grieving Children

How do children cope with loss? How can adults help them grieve well? Grief and loss as an adult is hard to manage, and is an entirely different concept for young children. Oftentimes the thought of death is just beyond…

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March 10, 2021

Our Love Story: The Journey

Read part one of my dating journey and beginning of our love story here. Now, I realized I am ready to date. Something clicked in my brain that I was ready. It felt like all of a sudden I could…

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March 3, 2021

Remembering Day – How to Celebrate the Anniversary of the Death of a Loved One – Love What Matters

Are you approaching the anniversary of losing someone you love? The anniversary of their death is often a brutal reminder and a day that is significant to pay respects. We honored Marcus in completely different ways the past couple of…

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January 27, 2021

The Remembering Room – How You Can Help Children Grieve

Grieving a loved one as a young child is difficult, and it has been a mission of mine to help my kids (and their loved ones!) process as well as possible. Young children just don’t understand death (honestly, I struggle…

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November 12, 2020

Blending a Family – Featured on Love What Matters

“I asked Eloise on the way home from school last week if she remembered her dad, who died when she was only 2 and a half. After insisting she show me her ‘daddy book,’ I asked her if she remembered…

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November 11, 2020

Our Love Story: The Preamble

The thought of sharing my life again with someone after Marcus died was intimidating. But it was but also something I yearned for deeply. I never wanted to be single. I spent almost a decade leaning on my husband, growing…

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March 17, 2020

A Guide to Managing Grief

Scroll to the bottom for a free printable of a guide to managing grief that you can print for yourself or share with someone who is grieving. The whole world is grieving right now. We are grieving health, stability, finances,…

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February 21, 2020

How to Grow Your Relationship with God with an Overloaded Schedule

I want to give a little backstory of my spiritual journey and relationship with God. Because at this point in my life, it looks a whole lot different than it used to. I am 30 years old. I was raised…

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February 14, 2020

Valentine’s Day as a Widow

It is a day that revolves around love. Celebrating it, showing it, experiencing it. I wrote on my Instagram this week how even though this will be my second Valentine’s Day since my husband passed, this is the first year…

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About Me
I am Nicole Fergesen, mama to four, new Iowan and part time New Hampshire girl. I believe in Jesus, live on coffee, and love functional fashion. I also dabble in home design and relentlessly find beauty in everything. Wife to Dustin, widow of Marcus, blending a family and finding grace in the journey.
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