Christina Zakrzewski
“I lived in the constant cycle of sowing and reaping a bad crop. I became an unwed mother at the age of 19 and was stuck in a very abusive relationship.”
Laurie Rose Reeves
“Six and a half years after I was married, we separated and divorced. I was literally running for my life. My son and I survived the best we could on my retail manager's salary.”
Lisa Walker
“I found myself pregnant. I didn’t want the biological father around me or my unborn child so I returned to Georgia to my grandmother’s and from there to a home for unwed mothers. The day my son was born was the major turning point in my life.”
Brenda Helzer
“So let me start at the beginning, when I was 15, and I became pregnant with my now 19-yr-old daughter. Her father never even knew about her, even to this day.”
Kemilee LaCroix
“Not being married, I had two children. My biggest accomplishment was providing for my kids...all the time the Lord was speaking to my heart wanting me to let Him in. But I continued to shut Him out. When we don't know God in the good times it's hard to know Him in the bad times.”
Lesley Pyle (2)
“I can remember the worry and concern I had over our finances as a single mom. I was not sure how we would make it, and I knew that something had to change. I prayed about working outside the home or selling our home. Things I did not want but knew I had to be willing to let go of.”
Evelyn Partlow (2)
“My marriage ended very abruptly and very violently in 1985. I took my son and we started over. I took on part-time jobs to help make ends meet. Things were tight and there were times I couldn’t even buy groceries. But help always seemed to appear out of nowhere.”
Joe Robison (1)
“…after raising these two by myself for three and a half years, the state took them from me (though I loved all my children with all my heart; and vice-versa), because I was jail prone, and had no one else to help with them, when I got into trouble with the law.”
Rajjae Lawrence (1)
“My younger sister was pregnant at 19yrs old with no job and no insurance.”
Chris Hansen (1)
“Up to this point, my experience indicated that I had to figure things out for myself. I grew up with a single mother in a neighborhood where crime was plentiful and money was not!”
Jody Hall (2)
“He became a father at 16 and was addicted to crack cocaine by the time he was 17 years old.”