There Is No ‘Going to Disneyland’ After Abortion

“I’m going to Disneyland!” You won the Super Bowl? You sailed around the world? Now what are you going to do? Go to Disneyland, that’s what.  Or so the catchphrase goes. Maybe it’s because I’m the mother of a soon to be...

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...

Overcoming Miscarriage With the Help of Faith in God

LifeNews.com Note: This is the third and final part of a series on miscarriage from abortion survivor and national speaker Melissa Ohden, who shares her own story about recently overcoming the pain and grief of a miscarriage through a strong belief in God. Read parts...

From Surviving to Thriving, the Journey in Overcoming

Little did I know when I began working on this book, that we hope to have published in the next 12 months, that our lives would continue to provide experiences and events that would give a new meaning and new perspective to the journey from surviving to thriving and...

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...