Nora is a single mom of 2 small children. They live together in a motel room, as Nora has really been struggling financially. She suspected she might be pregnant, and so she stopped in for a pregnancy test. Her toddler and baby were clean and very well-behaved. The toddler began playing with the toys in the corner…

  Tomorrow is Father’s Day, and we love celebrating the many young fathers we serve at our centers! When a young man finds out at our center that he’s a new dad, we’ll often give him a “new dad” gift. It’s a candy bar and a little book by John Eldridge called You Have What it Takes. The book is simple…

  Carlie thought she might be pregnant, and she had a list of reasons why she “needed” an abortion. She had faced an unintended pregnancy before when she was 17. But her father made her get an abortion. She had been through it before—and survived. But she didn’t feel loved or loveable. Her life just felt dark and…

  Typically, the shoppers in our Baby Boutiques are young moms. But recently, our director was privy to a conversation between two young dads! These new fathers talked while they shopped, and we wish you could have heard it. The one dad said, “My little boy can hold up his head now.” The other dad replied, “Dude,…

  Bella came to us last summer. She was pregnant and struggling with alcohol abuse. “I need to stop drinking for the sake of the baby,” she said. We hoped she would come for prenatal classes, but after her initial appointment we didn’t hear from her for many months… Until recently, when Bella walked into…