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Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily of Live Action or Live Action News.<\/em><\/p>\n

I was in Cuba for a service trip taking in the sights, food, and culture. One day when I was there, I couldn\u2019t hold down much food and I couldn\u2019t understand what was going on. I thought I ate something that disagreed with me or drank unfiltered water. I spoke to a nurse about how I was feeling and she suggested I take a pregnancy test when I got home.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There\u2019s no way I could be pregnant!\u201d I responded. But deep down in my heart, despite my confident denial, I knew it was a possibility that I was.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I arrived home, I took the pregnancy test and it confirmed what I feared.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re pregnant,\u201d the test seemed to scream at me in condemnation. A wave of emotions and panic overwhelmed me. I fell to the floor<\/span> crying.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So many thoughts ran through my head:<\/span><\/p>\n

What does this mean for my finances?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I just quit my job to be a full time entrepreneur, so what does this mean for my dreams?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to disappoint my parents who got married before I was born.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to be a statistic.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want my children to be a statistic.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t know how I would get off the floor let alone how to move forward, especially because I knew he would most likely leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

I learned that I was pregnant with twins. When I told the father I was pregnant he said, \u201cIt\u2019s not like we are playing for keeps\u201d and then proceeded to encourage me to have an abortion. That pressure was immensely difficult and stressful. I felt so confused because I wanted to keep my children. However, I was terrified about the future and struggled to find hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: Aisha Taylor (used with author’s permission)<\/p><\/div>\n

I decided to keep my next doctor\u2019s appointment because I wanted to see my twins one more time on the ultrasound before I had an abortion. At that appointment, I felt like a failure because I wasn\u2019t brave enough to stand up for them. As I watched the ultrasound, my entire body flooded with emotions when one of my twins turned and made eye contact with me through the ultrasound. When I was leaving the doctor\u2019s office, a nurse asked me how I was doing and I broke down in tears. I was hysterical. The nurse asked me to see the nurse counselor before I left because she didn\u2019t want me to leave the office in that emotional state.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The nurse counselor listened to me cry as I shared my worries, fears, and the intense pressure I was under to terminate the pregnancy. It was wonderful to feel seen and heard. The nurse made me promise not to have the abortion until I saw a counselor to get emotional support to process everything I was feeling. I began to feel more excited about the pregnancy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As the pressure to have an abortion increased, so did the fear of continuing the pregnancy. One day when I couldn\u2019t stand firm anymore, I picked up the abortion referral and called to make an appointment. However, praise the Lord, no one answered the phone. I went to Bible study that evening and the pastor was speaking on the topic of storms and said, \u201cNever make a permanent decision based on temporary circumstances.\u201d At that moment, I knew that abortion was permanent, but everything I was dealing with (their dad, the fear, uncertainty, and overwhelm) was temporary. That gave me the courage to choose life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When I told the father my decision, his response was venomous and hurtful. He disparaged me and told me all the ways that I would fail as a mom, that no man would ever want me, that my business would fail, that my finances would suffer, and that my kids wouldn\u2019t thrive because I was a single mom. By the time he left, I was a broken shell of a person. But I knew that choosing life for my twins was the right thing to do. There were times when I sat on the floor in the darkest corner of the room and cried because I didn’t know how to move forward. But I knew I had to get up for my twins and me.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I took it moment by moment until one day I finally had peace and could move forward. I found excitement in my pregnancy and I began to look forward to what life meant as a mom, an entrepreneur, and as a single woman. I felt like the possibilities and hope began to return and though nothing changed, other than their dad walking out, things felt better.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Hope is powerful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This didn\u2019t happen in isolation. God put so many people in place to stop me from making the worst decision of my life. After I made the decision to continue my pregnancy, I began therapy and attended an amazing pregnancy center where I received counseling and parental education. My sonographer and doctor encouraged me on my journey, and people began to support and encourage me to keep going.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, one day, two boxes of clothes showed up on my doorstep. A friend had told her twin-mom friend about me and she mailed me all of the clothes her twins had outgrown. When I saw those two boxes, it felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders and I knew everything would be okay. I just needed to maintain my faith and hope, and keep moving forward.<\/span><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t mean that things were easy. There were many ups and downs that I encountered, and looking back over the last 7 and a half years I can tell you that God is faithful and He has never left us or forsaken us. Plus, when I look into the eyes of my now 7-year-old twins, I know that the difficult journey was worth it because I\u2019m their mom and my children have been one of the greatest blessings God could have given me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aisha Taylor is the author of \u201cNavigating the \u201cImpossible\u201d: A Survival Guide for Single Moms From Pregnancy Through the First Year of Motherhood\u201d and the Founder of FNPhenomenal a company that equips single mothers to live whole, financially free, and rooted in Jesus Christ. Find here at\u00a0<\/span>www.FNPhenomenal.com<\/a>, on\u00a0<\/span>Instagram @FNPhenomenal<\/a>, and on\u00a0<\/span>YouTube at fnphenomenal.com\/YouTube<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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