Two women who became pregnant at 16 chose radically different paths: one had an abortion, one chose open adoption. Years later, their experiences aligned in a shared mission: to use their stories to enable other women to navigate their own unplanned pregnancies, and ultimately, choose life. Speaking to The Epoch Times, Tori Shaw and Leah…
Abortion or Adoption: 2 Moms’ Mission to Help Heal Pregnant Teens and Women (Video)
Couple Who Were Once Torn Apart Reunite After 53 Years, Find Daughter Given Up for Adoption
Septuagenarian sweethearts, Karen and Denny Vinar from Northfield, Minnesota, first met and fell in love when they were just 11 and 13 years of age. The then-teen girl fell pregnant at 14 and the two were encouraged to give up their baby for adoption. Sadly, circumstances kept them apart for over five decades until a…
Couple Adopt Abused Twins to Raise as Their Own, Refuse to Give Up When One Develops Brain Tumor
A North Carolina couple, both previously divorced, first met each other at church, but had no intention of having more kids of their own. Middle school teacher Laura Hottel and her now-husband Jay have children from prior marriages. They already “went through that stage of our life,” she said. But one day, their tune changed; for…
Dog Adopted After Waiting Nearly Two Years for a New Home
RANCHO PALOS VERDES—A dog that spent nearly two years waiting for a new home has been adopted by a family in Rancho Palos Verdes. Melvin—who has since been renamed Loki—was matched to the Maguires, who were in search of the “perfect pit” to join their two other dogs, according to spcaLA officials. The nearly four-year-old…
Couple Becomes ‘New Mommy and Daddy’ to Boy Abused by Adoptive Mom, Now He’s a Thriving Teen
A couple embarking on a tentative journey into fostering found themselves to become “new mommy and daddy” to an abused kid the first day they met him, lying in his hospital bed. However, the pair confidently embraced their new roles for a child in desperate need, and have never looked back since then. Mom of…
NJ Police Officer Rescues Homeless Wounded Pit Bull Pup and Adopts Him the Same Day
When a New Jersey police officer rescued an injured pit bull puppy, it was love at first sight. Officer Matthew O’Hanlon with the Mount Laurel Police Department was in a business district of Mount Laurel when he and his colleague found an injured puppy wandering around. The 14-week-old dog, which they rescued on Jan. 2,…
Pet Owner Lost His Beloved 3-Legged Dog, Then Spots Her on Adoption Site 10 Months Later
Heartbroken after losing his dog, Dylan Summers, of Bourbon, Missouri, decided to open his home and his heart to another animal in need. But scouring an adoption website, he was shocked to come across a familiar face: the same three-legged pup that went missing from his yard 10 months earlier. Athena had been hit by a…
Once Neglected, Four Kids With Special Needs Adopted by US Family Thrive Five Years On
When Keshia Melton, a registered nurse of 11 years from New Zealand, shared a heartfelt post on social media about a Ukrainian child with special needs desperately needing a home, the perfect family answered. Five years on, Amelia and three additional children with special needs are thriving with the same adoptive family. Keshia’s involvement with orphanages…
Adopted Texas Woman Meets Birth Parents for First Time in 62 Years Using DNA Test Kit
A Hunt County, Texas, woman says she has “a lot to be thankful for” in 2020, even though it’s a year that brought hardship to so many. For Anna Taylor, this is the year she was reunited with her birth parents, more than six decades after being put up for adoption. And she has since…
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