I’m adopted and several years ago I was privileged to learn some of my back story from my birthmom. I came crashing onto the scene under less than stellar circumstances. My biological mom was a musician who ended up in an adulterous affair with a married man – a married man who had 6 children. […]
It Was Because I Loved Him That I Had to Let Him Go I went through the labor, but never held him in my arms as I gave him for adoption so others saw his childhood charms. But it has always been my prayer that all these years he did know — it was because […]
I’m 78 years old and I’m telling my story now while I still have the opportunity. I want people to know that pregnancy by rape is not the fault of the child, so why should we punish the child for something the biological father did? My teen years were difficult. My mom was overly permissive […]
My name is Rebeca Solórzano. I come with a banner of light, which is life. I was born in 1986. It isn’t frequent that a baby comes into this world under such adverse circumstances like my own: I was born from a very ill mother who was unable to care for a child, and, even […]
On June 24, 2015 I was raped by the one person that was never supposed to hurt me — my husband. At his hands, I suffered a long history of domestic violence, unwanted sexual encounters, attempted murder and a miscarriage. I hadn’t had sex with my husband since the end of April because he […]
My mind was made up. I was going to have an abortion. I had just learned not only was I pregnant, but I had been drugged and raped. I had spent the last few hours with nurses and counselors. I was given a positive pregnancy result and had a vaginal ultrasound performed where I saw […]
March 3rd, 2016 is the day I learned that not only was I pregnant, but also that I had been raped and a baby had been conceived because of that rape. After a month of being very ill and incredibly exhausted, I sought medical treatment, and that is when I was administered a pregnancy test […]
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, […]
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 […]
At the age of 19, I was a very happy, vibrant young woman, excited about what the future had in store for me. I was a freshman attending college in San Antonio, excited about meeting new people and swimming on the university’s swim team. However, I had no idea that my freshman year was going to be the worst […]