Amy and her boyfriend were working through a lot of conflict when she decided to move out of their shared apartment and back in with her mother, taking their young son with her. After begging her boyfriend for two years to be a “present” father, she’d finally decided...

Sophia had been dreaming of a move to Europe for years, and she was finally making it a reality! She was a young, single woman, “ready to take on the world!” She was about a month away from her departure when she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant. At first she...

Sandra was a single mother of a seven-year-old boy. She didn’t enjoy a luxurious life, but she worked hard to support her son and was happy with the life she had created for them. When she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant, she was immediately filled with fear...

Megan and her husband were in the middle of a nasty divorce. While the estranged couple were loving parents to their two elementary-age boys, over the years they’d “lost their will” to continue to choose love for one another. As a result, their relationship suffered...

Claire had been considered “the black sheep” of the family. With a father making a living as a banker and her mother an attorney, it seemed that every decision Claire made was “a disappointment.” They were not thrilled about her lifestyle – at 24 years old, she...

Mila was 15 weeks pregnant – and feeling scared. She’d found out about her pregnancy a couple of weeks earlier, but she was “frozen with indecision” during the holiday season. She had been dating her boyfriend for five years, and had two boys from a previous...

Keisha’s boyfriend had just experienced the sudden death of his teenage son when Keisha found out she was pregnant only a couple months later. Her boyfriend relied on her emotionally and financially; she was afraid to tell him about her pregnancy during such a tragic...

Shelly was a happily married suburban Mom in her thirties, with an eight-year-old son whom she adored. She was ecstatic to find out that she was pregnant with her second child…but in the early days of preparing her mind and her home to welcome a new baby, the reality...

Alyssa and her husband Brandon were married two months when Alyssa found out she was pregnant. She was 22 years old and had a full-time job as an administrative assistant while Brandon worked in retail. They enjoyed their simple, low-stress jobs, even though they...

Since leaving high school in 2015, Carmen’s life looked a lot different than the life she’d hoped for as a little girl. An excellent student, Carmen had plans to attend a good college after high school, major in engineering, and use her skills to make a positive...