Abortion Survivor Reflects on the Pain of Her Miscarriage

“Every pregnancy is different,” people kept reminding me.  “It must be a boy, who has the disposition of his father, all laid-back and calm, not fiery like his mother,” Ryan and I joked.  Call it a mother’s intuition, but I knew there was something incredibly...

Abortion Survivor Melissa Ohden Reflects on Miscarriage, Pt2

This is a continuation from part one, Abortion Survivor Reflects on the Pain of Her Miscarriage. “Was this pregnancy planned?” the doctor asked Ryan and I, as we sat in her office the morning after our ultrasound, for what was to be our first scheduled prenatal...

Pregnancy Adds Perspective

I’m only four weeks into my pregnancy with our second child (yay! We are thrilled!), but I feel like I’ve already gained as much perspective through it as I did through my entire pregnancy with Olivia (which was a lot, and life-changing).  Two of my most...

Happy BIRTHday, Mr. President

As President Obama celebrates his 50th birthday today, I want to congratulate him on this great achievement.  I wish you a wonderful birthday, Mr. President, but I can’t help but reflect on how so many other children (tens of millions, to be exact), will never...

A Voice for Life

What was once just a mere thought is now a reality! The documentary, A Voice for Life, will be premiering in just a few short weeks at the Heartbeat International Conference in Columbus, Ohio, on May 19th. A Voice for Life is a pro-life film that is the result of God...