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“I’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it.” – Art Williams Since the beginning of time mothers have breastfed their young. It is as natural and organic as breathing. In every aspect of the world and every species on the planet it is there. The …
Dear Friends of Next Step, I would like to touch on something that I think we can all agree has become quite a tool for evil, especially in recent months with so many people relegated to living life behind their phones and laptops. Social Media – it is like a bucket of beautiful shiny red …
“The woman’s soul is fashioned as a shelter in which other souls may unfold.” ~ St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Pope John Paul II once described women’s unique capabilities as “feminine genius”. In his beautiful “Letter to Women” written from the Vatican in 1995 before he addressed the Fourth World Conference on Women in …
There is a right time for everything: 2 A time to be born; A time to die; A time to plant; A time to harvest;3 A time to kill; A time to heal; A time to destroy; A time to rebuild;4 A time to cry; A time to laugh; A time to grieve; A time to dance;5 A time …
My Mom “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” From The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Poohby A.A. Milne. When I was roughly 10 years old one of the neighborhood moms called to me from her driveway as I …
”Some days she has no idea how she’ll do it. But every single day. It still gets done.” – Anonymous In mid-April I had the privilege of “attending” the Virtual Heartbeat Conference put together by Heartbeat International – the most expansive network of pro-life pregnancy resource centers in the world. The event was to be held …
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Ever wonder what your dollar truly does when you donate to Next Step? Here’s some beautiful news. Next Step is completely and 100% donation run. There …
You are fearfully and wonderfully made and what you do matters! Read More »
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”― Anne Frank On January 20th, 2020 the United States confirmed its first case of the Coronavirus though it had actually been in our midst long before that. On February 29th, the United States confirms its first death and …
Valid question and one I’d be more than happy to answer. Pregnancy Centers can and should remain open if they are able to for this reason: “Where there’s life there’s hope.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit. Direct. Clear. Without Uncertainty. Pregnancy Centers bring, welcome, celebration, affirmation, and a plan for life. And where those things lie is hope. …
Why should Pregnancy Centers remain open during the COVID-19 outbreak? Read More »
Every day we are bombarded with online news, opinions, “studies”, and op-eds. More often than not (depending on the source) they do not always match up to what we believe to be the truth. I can read an article titled like that above and shake my head and roll my eyes because as a pregnancy …
