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(Save The Storks<\/a>)\u00a0This story begins with a woman sitting alone at the hospital hearing the news that she\u2019s pregnant. The news took her by surprise but the next words she heard were even more shocking. She stared through bleary eyes as the doctor explained the high risks of her pregnancy. He told her the pregnancy was unsafe and her best option was to terminate. The woman sat and contemplated this news. She was already a mother of two and in her second marriage. Her two young girls who were already in counseling for the abuse of their father (her first husband). She considered her current marriage she knew was coming to an end, making her a single mother. She knew her husband didn\u2019t want another child. The doctor\u2019s recommendation loomed over her as she was left alone to make a decision she never thought she would have to make.<\/p>\n

As she considered her options, voices in her head echoed the words that society often throws toward women facing her situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou aren\u2019t prepared for another child.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t afford another child.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cChildren shouldn\u2019t be raised without a father.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what\u2019s best for you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the right thing to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat kind of life will you have if you have this baby?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t you think the baby is better off aborted than forced to be born to struggle throughout life?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Choosing Life\u2026<\/h4>\n

Despite the pressure she received, this woman chose to continue her pregnancy. This baby would inspire life<\/strong> the moment her mother chose to let life happen<\/strong>. Although the doctor had warned her of the danger of this pregnancy, she had a healthy baby with no complications. Then, six months after the birth she was divorced. She was a single mother raising three young children on her own. Although she went against the voices by choosing life for her baby, they did not relent after she made her choice. The accusations returned again from a society that preaches women\u2019s empowerment she heard things like:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou and your children will never amount to anything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYour children will only know a life of struggle.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYour children will just be another negative statistic\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Her choice for life was met with accusations that she was a bad mother for adding to her family\u2019s struggle. And in her life, she saw the truth of the words that were spoken over her. She and her children did struggle. She remarried multiple times and suffered at the hands of abuse. Her children grew up with multiple alcoholic and abusive stepfathers. She and her children faced evictions, repossessions, unpaid bills that shut off their utilities, and countless other difficulties.<\/p>\n

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Overwhelmed but not overcome.<\/h4>\n

What society didn\u2019t know was that she was writing her own story.<\/strong> A story that would inspire life.These words they had written over her had not written her off. Society had failed to recognize the resilience that comes with being a woman; a mother.<\/strong> Just as this woman chose to rise above opinions and choose life, she chose again throughout life to rise above her circumstances. When her husband beat her head into the concrete for being more intelligent than him, she rose above. In the \u201980s and \u201990s when sales was a man\u2019s world, she rose to the top. She sat in board rooms with executives from top companies such as Pepsi, Dupont, Sears, and Aramark. This mother closed million-dollar deals. She was invited to the White House to meet the president and attend local government events including dinners with the mayor.<\/p>\n

When society taunted and shamed her for choosing life, she rose above. As she rose she taught her three daughters how to rise. She showed them that strength could inspire life. She showed her daughters that life circumstances do not determine the outcome. Ultimately, society was wrong about that woman\u2019s ability to handle an unplanned pregnancy.<\/p>\n

My Story\u2026<\/h4>\n

As I sat on a flight headed to Arizona for a Pregnancy Center Gala, I thought about that woman and her courageous decision to choose life for her baby against all odds. I thought about how I was on my way to a gala to celebrate life and the part I played in it.<\/p>\n

Without her courage more than three decades earlier I would not be on that plane headed back to the very state where my life began. I would not have helped launch a Stork Bus that will empower more women to choose life and create the next inspiring story. I wouldn\u2019t have been there if she had followed the doctor\u2019s recommendation and society\u2019s pressures to abort. It would have been my life that got terminated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo via Save the Storks<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The woman in the story I just shared, she\u2019s my mom<\/strong>. And the baby that would suffer and have a horrible life according to statistics, that\u2019s me. Did I struggle in life? Absolutely. Do I regret having a life to live because of those struggles? Not a chance. When I look back at my life, I remember the heartache and the abuse. I remember alcoholism, addiction, mental illness, and experiencing death. I recalled the poverty, evictions, and changing schools every couple of years. The different stepfathers in and out of my life. I remember that my birth father never wanted me and rejected me over and over again.<\/p>\n

I also remember the story that society didn\u2019t predict. My mother always rising above our circumstances and never quitting. I watched her as she never settled for failure or dwelled on regret. So, when it was my turn to rise above, I followed my mom\u2019s example and exceeded society\u2019s expectations.<\/p>\n

A Legacy of Rising Above<\/h4>\n
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Photo via Save the Storks<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

All of those struggles are the very situations that now magnify the victories in my life. I was able to attend a private college on academic and athletic scholarships. While there, I graduated as a four-time All-American Athlete with an above-average GPA. I lived overseas as a missionary, started a nonprofit, and climbed the ladder at a billion-dollar corporation. When diagnosed with brain cancer, I held tight to the strength I learned from my mom and the faith I had in the Lord and I overcame brain cancer not once, but twice.<\/p>\n

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Photo via Save the Storks<\/p><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

And I now work for one of the top pro-life organizations in the country where I help women create stories of hope and empowerment when faced with an unplanned pregnancy. I get to help women like my mom, so they can be the strength that raises the next inspiring stories like mine.<\/p>\n

Society might have been right about the struggle my family and I would face but they were not right about the outcome that followed the struggles. Taking society\u2019s advice would have ended my life. A life that is full of hope. A life that has impacted countless people.<\/p>\n

Societal Pressure continues\u2026<\/h4>\n

Society continues pressuring women to end life by convincing them that they are not capable and that life is not worth the struggle they could face. Society is robbing women of the chance to show the world how resilient and capable they are. Women have the power to rise above and not allow circumstances to determine their fate. There is so much value in the lives they raise and those they pass their strength onto. It is time to rise up with women in unplanned pregnancies and say enough to pro-abortionists who attempt to hide their strength and extinguish their legacy. We can show them that their story can inspire life<\/strong> too.<\/p>\n

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Satan\u2019s attacks on my life started in the womb but looking back I know that I was created for such a time as this.<\/strong> I was created for the year Roe v. Wade was overturned. The year manufacturing, supply chains, and inflation were at their worst. I was created to rise above the circumstances and help Save the Storks build three times the amount of Stork Bus ever built in a single year.<\/p>\n

I was born to inspire life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This story was published at Save the Storks<\/a> and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 moms and dads with the truth about abortion this year? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/strong><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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