I was very happy until I met him. We had a relationship of more than 2 years in which I ended up being forced to endure everything he could think of until I was pregnant with our first child. He and I each had children from previous relationships, so I just knew when I was […]
This morning I stepped out for ten minutes to run some errands since my little bundle of joy Ellis had fallen asleep. As I returned, I heard a cry. He had woken up as soon as I stepped out. I asked the woman helping me if my baby was awake. When he heard my voice, […]
A 13-year-old girl’s free spirit is nearly crushed by a horrific rape, but healing begins where she’d least expect it… It’s 1941. Wildflower McAllister is a free-spirit who just turned 13. Though she’s left with a bitter mother after her Daddy’s fatal accident, she draws strength from his memory. Like all little girls, she dreams, […]
On Dec. 22, 2008, I was raped. Perhaps you can imagine how difficult it is to relive a rape, so I will not go into the details. On the following day, I went to the doctor and was given medicine for prevention of diseases and the morning after pill – which I later learned is […]
It was one of the darkest periods of my life – I was going through turmoil with my parents, a bad split with the father of my two sons, betrayed by friends, and ended up on the streets, on a waiting list for a homeless shelter. I had nothing and nobody left. I prayed for […]
Today I stumbled upon an article from The River Front Times discussing the barriers that the State of Missouri has for women seeking abortions. As a Missourian and a post-abortive woman, I take great exception with this glossed-over attempt to paint abortion as nothing more than an afterthought. Alison Dreith suggests that a woman who […]
When I was born I had a rough start. I was having seizures, fluid on the brain and my lungs almost collapsed. I spent several weeks in the hospital in St. Johns, New Foundland, Canada. Eventually, the doctor’s ascertained that I have Turner Syndrome. Only 2% of girls with my condition survive to birth. […]
It’s been nearly 5 years since my older brother Lloyd, my sister-in-law Dixie, and my 22 year old nephew, Steven, were brutally murdered in their home in El Rancho, New Mexico, at night, on Father’s Day 2011. Lloyd and Dixie had been married since they were teenagers, with two grown daughters who are married with […]
Are some candidates “more pro-life” than others? Yes! Is it important to know which candidates and which organizations are willing to compromise their pro-life values? Yes, because we’re talking about lethal prejudice. This is not a political game for me. I literally owe my birth to the law being there to protect me. My heroes […]
At 20 weeks of gestation my partner went to her first ultrasound and the doctor told us it was a boy (Alonso). He also said he had “holoprosencephaly.” The whole world came down on us, This was our first child, and from the moment we learned we were going to be parents were the happiest […]