Hello, friends,
Excerpt from our Nurse Manager Barb’s follow-up notes, edited for client confidentiality:
“Today we saw a client return with her now-fiancé for their initial ultrasound. I first met her a little over four years ago when she came here at 17—scared and unsure. But at 20 weeks gestation, there was no mistaking the reality growing inside her. She says she fell in love with her daughter during that first ultrasound and loves being a mother to Luna, who is now 3. Both she and her soon-to-be husband are overjoyed to be expecting again. It was wonderful to see the support surrounding this family and how this couple has stayed together to make life work.”
If ever there were a reason to continue your support, advocacy, and prayers for YOUR local pregnancy clinic, Next Step Pregnancy Services, this is it.
This small moment in Barb’s day—our day—is not uncommon. And it is, in no small part, because of you that Luna, her mother, her father, and now her new little sister or brother are flourishing.
No, things are not perfect. We continue to pray that marriage, a beautiful sacrament, is in this couple’s future. But today we can rejoice that this mother chose life for her child—both of her children—and that this father has also made a choice: to stay, to provide, to protect, and to embrace his role as a loving dad. This is a story worth celebrating.
No matter the circumstances, there is always a choice. And while Next Step plays a small role in that decision, your faithful support makes that role possible. Through your generosity, prayers, and encouragement, you share in every life touched and every family strengthened. Thank you.
