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Crossing the invisible line

Although getting to sleep each night has become more and more difficult, what with the basketball of a stomach that I am sporting, the night sweats that I have, and the scorching heartburn, I thankfully get a lot of thinking done during all of that late night tossing...

The greatest gift I can give my child

December 13, 2007 So, I’ve been thinking A LOT. Isn’t it fascinating that our first child is going to be a girl?! It’s like everything is coming full circle. The first daughter that was not supposed to have life is going to give life to her first daughter. This is no...

On the road (or skies) again!

January 18, 2007 I headed out today to Omaha for my flight tomorrow to D.C. On Sunday, I will be on the panel of speakers for FFL at the Students for Life conference. Even though it has only been five months since I was last there, I can’t help but be struck by how...

The reality of abortion is more painful than I often care to admit

January 19, 2008 Tonight we ran through our speeches at the FFL offices, in preparation for tomorrow. Not only was it wonderful to see everyone from FFL and the other College Outreach Speakers, but it was wonderful to find out that I am one of three women that are...

The movement of life

January 24, 2007 I know that I’ve mentioned it before, but our little Olivia is a lively one! I believe that she was meant to be lively. For me, the child who was not supposed to have life, I believe that I am meant to give life to a lively child. Although 99.99% of...

He moves in mysterious ways

What a day! Today Ryan and I went to our Childbirth Express class. I must admit, I am so proud of how well he handled it! He survived the quite graphic birth videos, and tried very hard to practice my breathing techniques with me. Unfortunately, we had a little too...