Written by Julie Stuckenschneider Each year there are roughly 1.3 million abortions. Only 4% of the women with unwanted pregnancies place their children through adoption. It is estimated that there are somewhere between 1-2 million couples wanting to adopt each year. So looking at these numbers one would think there are plenty of couples wanting […]
In an attempt to encourage my daughter to be more active I would ask her to go for a walk with me around the neighborhood or play a game outside. She was not enthused or even slightly motivated. So I tried a different approach. I started working out at home in front of her. It […]
Written by Julie Stuckenschneider When thinking about the pro-life movement, how many think that it’s great a man is against abortion but still doesn’t quite deserve an opinion about it? After all, the mother of a child is the one who fosters a growing, developing child in her womb. A father is physically incapable of […]
When Tiffany* arrived at her appointment to the pregnancy resource center she only had one solution in mind for her pregnancy: abortion. She was certain that she would have minimal support for this child and didn’t want to take away more time and love from her daughter. She wanted to get a referral for an […]
Written by: Julie Stuckenschneider We live in a society focused on “self love”. We are told that to be successful we must focus on ourselves, do what makes us happy and put ourselves first. If we love ourselves enough then we will find true happiness and meaning in this world. We have become so entranced […]
Getting mastitis is miserable. Getting mastitis a second time only a few weeks apart is even worse. But what made it almost unbearable was being very sick while hearing several newsbreak stories in favor of abortion over the pro-life movement. I am a sensitive person. It hurts when I hear the statistics on abortion, the legislation […]
Christina* was basically homeless when she received a positive pregnancy test. She was staying with a close friend so thankfully she was not out on the streets. Although she was grateful for her friend’s generosity, Christina* felt abandoned by her family. And the recent news of her pregnancy made her situation seemed impossible. She thought […]
Rachel* and her husband did not feel prepared in any way to welcome a child at the time of her pregnancy. They were still newlyweds and an unexpected pregnancy was straining their relationship. Unsure on how they would be parents, they talked about having an abortion. Actually, they had many conversations about getting an abortion. […]
Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase on the news, in social media posts, or even in conversations with friends—“He’s cancelled.” The movement of ‘cancelling’ people truly took off in 2020, follows a typical script: a person in the public eye says or does something unacceptable, or something unacceptable is recovered from his or her past, and […]
“I had no regrets after my baby was born. I love it when he smiles his big, beautiful toothless smile. All I see is those cute gums! I can’t wait for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas with him!” Ariana* went on and on about all of the adorable things her baby was doing. At the time […]
