My daughter, Alex, is 17 and recently gave birth to a healthy baby boy. She has been living with her boyfriend since her 6th month of pregnancy because I live too far from her doctor. I was against her living there. But in the state of Georgia, 17 is the legal age to move out….
Like so many others, breast cancer as well as other types of cancer, run in my family history. This started to concern me when I took care of my Granny the last year of her life, while she was fighting colon cancer. I do the self exam monthly, but I am not old enough to…
It seems like a lifetime ago when I began the journey to open a home for pregnant teens. The Renewed Hope Center has had a slow start but things are looking up! So far, I have gotten my Board of Directors together, other than a treasurer. I have had so many people already volunteer different…
I have had this dream since I was eighteen. I was a single Mom of a one year old and a newborn. I wanted to help others who were not as lucky as I was. I wanted all pregnant teens to have the same support, knowledge, and belief in self that I did. So now,…
An earthquake, 7.9 in magnitude, devastated Peru in mid August, 2007. The death toll, at last count, was 450 with more expected. (To read the full story, click HERE.) While the survivors are picking up the pieces of what is left of their lives and family, the Red Cross is there to help. The people of…