In this episode of Strong as a Mother, Crystal shares something few moms are ever brave enough to say out loud: that in the first few days after giving birth, her newborn daughter felt like a stranger. Postpartum hit hard: the hormonal crash, the emotional overwhelm, and the crushing guilt that she didn't feel instantly bonded.

She opens up about the moment she and her husband got home and looked at each other wondering, "Did we just make the biggest mistake of our lives?" But in the middle of a rare Louisiana snowstorm, something shifted... a nap, a quiet moment, and a flood of unexpected love that changed everything.

Crystal talks about how God's love for us, and our children, is so much bigger than we can comprehend, how that truth has anchored her through early motherhood, and why grace matters most when guilt speaks loudest.

Whether you've felt disconnected in postpartum, wrestled with the guilt of not bonding right away, or just need the reminder that God's love covers even our lowest moments... this episode will meet you there.

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