Life has a way of surprising you. We were not trying to conceive the baby we lost. We already had two sweet boys and were considering the possibility of a third ("the tiebreaker") but had not planned to get pregnant any time soon. But alas, our plans, or lack thereof didn’t mean anything when it… Continue reading Community Helped Me Heal – by Dr. Quantrilla Ard
I met Will in 1999; we were engaged in 2001 and married in 2002. With the natural progression of things, the next step was to start our family. We wanted to take the first year of marriage to focus on the two of us before starting a family. I never heard anyone talk about miscarriages,… Continue reading I Was Never Alone – by Terri Levy
After meeting my husband at work, children were the furthest thing from my mind as I was enjoying my 20s. After we got married, our first focus was to buy a house, secondly a car, but we also wanted to expand our family. After returning from a trip with friends to Virginia Beach in July… Continue reading He Prepared Me For This – by Da’Shonda Smith
Growing up in a huge extended family, I was exposed to many differences and traditions concerning how children should be raised. My mom's side of the family was very strict and lived by the Southern rules; on my dad's side, my uncles were strict, but my grandmother was very loving. No matter what we did… Continue reading The Strength I Needed – by Kaisha Mercado
As we stood there looking at the x-ray of my spine, I saw what looked like “Jenga” in the shape of the letter S. My orthopedist sat back in silence, looking at the screen while my husband Darian and I fearfully waited for him to say something. While my husband may have been confused, I… Continue reading Chronic Pain is Not My Life Sentence – by Tamika Collick
Imagine knowing from the time you were a little girl that you would have a child with special needs. You would have thought I would have been more prepared when KJ arrived. I always wanted to have a son, so I was elated when I heard those three words during my sonogram, “It’s a boy!”… Continue reading The Healing I Needed for My Journey – by Tiffany Scurry
On June 11, 1996, my beautiful baby boy, Cameron, was born. When he was 4 years old, he was diagnosed with autism. In those early years, my husband Russ and I worked hard to take care of him, support him, and accommodate his special needs to ensure he had the best life possible. This didn’t… Continue reading A Mother’s Journey Towards Healing and Peace (Loss of Child) – by Yolanda McKinney
Faith-Filled Moms 