Ever think about your roots? As an adoptee, when I hear others talk about their genealogy or family reunions, it can cause mixed emotions. Many who are adopted eagerly desire to connect with their birth families and actively seek them out. In my case, though, my adoption was open. As I grew older, the more I […]
I recently spoke at the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada, for a Students for Life event. The leadership team explained to me that they’d arranged for a police officer and campus security to be present because at their last event, protesters disrupted their speaker. The disturbances included witches trying to cast spells on the […]
My husband, Peter, and I had tried for almost 7 years to have a child. After a specialist found and removed my endometriosis, I was able to conceive. The elation we felt was indescribable. We began telling people immediately after I found out I was pregnant. The specialist released me into the care of a […]
Over the past several weeks, many people have been discussing Brittany Maynard’s plan to kill herself on November 1st using a drug she obtained through Oregon’s so-called “Death with Dignity” Act. She was diagnosed at the beginning of this year with glioblastoma, the same malignant brain cancer which took the life of Sen. Ted Kennedy […]