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  • … asset for a midwife. In fact, that commitment almost ended my career before it began. I had wanted to be a midwife since … courses. Pregnancy and childbirth were fascinating to me, and I'd always wanted to work in a health care setting. … being discussed. Some held posters reading, “Don’t tell me what to do” and handed out leaflets — “Your body, your …
  • … daughter Maggie says, than cement their relationship. “My dad is a sixth-grade teacher, and in the summers, he was … look back.” Mothers, though, look back, and Maggie’s mom, Barbie, saw her daughter’s career choice as a natural … to tell her, ‘If God allows you to see something, ask Him what He would want you to do about it.’ And when she would …
  • … and Jessica could smell alcohol on his breath. “Come see my puppies!” he said. A little uncomfortable, Jessica … quickly proved it — accomplishing in just a few minutes what would’ve taken them quite a while. Talking with him, … what we need, and when we need it.” Her oldest was just 11 when his father died. So, Jessica faced the mysteries of …
  • … a child. I’m too young. I’ll have to drop out of school. My family and friends will judge me. Since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, over 57 million … have been denied the right to life, their mothers choosing what may have seemed like an easy and logical solution. But, …
  • … the cows buckets of something that seems to do for them what catnip does for the feline set. Most of all, the … make sure they’re all right. I let the little ones bite me.” You let them … “I don’t know,” she shrugs. “It feels … for some reason. Their teeth … it’s like a massage to my finger.” But — “Last time, I caught a wild one. As big as …
  • … the cigarette,” Jean Marie told her. “You can’t smoke in my car.” The woman threw away the cigarette and climbed in. … I’m here for you,” Jean Marie said. “Whenever you need me.” “I don’t want an expiration date,” the woman said. “I … “Love,” she says, “was people buying stuff for me. That’s what my family said. ‘I love you, because I bought this for …
  • … rather than as she would like it to be written. But my gratitude is also more personal. Serving in public life as … meaning, and that she never minimizes the importance faith plays in her life. Conservative Christian women are a … that it is possible to honor a woman's role as a wife and mom, and also serve as a high-level attorney. … Amy Coney …
  • … Johnson didn’t have a dream, but he knew some men who did. What Alfred — who lived in the Grant Park community as a … he one day found himself longing for something else. “My soul isn’t happy,” he told family and friends. “Something … hot dogs. She sent them with just the franks.” Another mom sent her child each day with a Little Debbie cake and a …
  • … F&J: You and your wife were pioneers in homeschooling. What challenges did you face when at-home education was in … many homeschoolers, so there were few support groups my wife could meet with. And there wasn’t any curriculum … Then other homeschooling families started to reach out to me, asking, “Can you help us? Because we’re being told that …
  • … writes in her book Foot Soldiers Armed with Love . “For me, this was a never-to-be-forgotten day, seared into memory, … she was convinced she would bring shame to herself and her family. The Hartshorns took her in, and in the process discovered what would become their lifelong passion: combating abortion …