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I love inspirational messages like this as much as the next person. Okay...maybe even more than the next…just take a look at my social media posts. But, as much as I love them, I always wonder if other people truly believe in their message, or if they’re just typing...

As originally posted on LifeNews on 10/18/2013 “I’m so sorry I wanted you to terminate Emeri’s life.” These words spoken by a father to his daughter at a banquet for the Hope Pregnancy Center of Boone, North Carolina, last week were so heartfelt and so brutally honest...

I share the following prayer on prayer cards that John Motschall of Michigan is so kind to print through his family ministry. For those who don't have the chance to receive one at an event, here is my prayer not only for myself, but for you, too: "Before I formed you...

In a recent article with the Dallas News (https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/03/27/10-parenting-tips-from-cecile-richards-who-ran-planned-parenthood-while-raising-3-kids), Cecile Richards, the soon-to-be former President of Planned Parenthood, gave her...

How does an adoptive parent foster respect for their child’s biological parents? Here’s my experience, as shared from a previous post in 2014. I had a powerful conversation the other night at the Gospel Haven Church in Millersburg, Ohio, with an adoptive mother who is...

“How have you ever found the ability to forgive?” “You’re a better person than me. I don’t think I could do it.” “How do you ever move on?” How I have found the ability to forgive the abortionist and my maternal grandmother, who were both involved in the abortion...

I thought it would be a good time to start reposting some older blog posts which are still relevant today. As originally posted on LifeNews on April 15, 2014: (http://www.lifenews.com/2014/04/15/how-does-someone-survive-an-abortion-i-did-and-heres-how-it-happens/)...

Romans 8:28 reminds us “that God works all things together for good for those who love him and are called according to his purpose.” It’s an oft-quoted Bible verse, one that so many people find comfort and hope in, myself included, particularly in times of difficulty...

It’s a funny thing, living a life that is seen as “controversial.” My life shouldn’t be seen as such, but we know the way that I entered this world is seen as controversial; so by it’s very nature, I, myself, am lumped in with it. Some might argue that if I had just...

“One decision, one single moment, can have such a detrimental impact on so many people, living and dead, born and yet to be conceived.” God placed those words on my heart nearly ten years ago now, as I rocked our then-newborn Olivia, in the deep dark of night. I knew...