By Denisha Workizer, originally posted December 2020 I remember the day like it was yesterday. The rush of adrenaline made my arms and legs go numb. An empty, hollow feeling surged through my stomach. I held my phone tightly as I read my dad’s...
A strong, determined, single mom raised me. In my 40s, I learned a piece of my story that I wasn’t aware of until now. In October of 1975, my mom found out that she was pregnant with me. In December, she chose to have...
Growing up in a Christian home as the daughter of missionaries to Costa Rica and Mexico, Claire and her younger sister knew more than anything that they were wanted, chosen and so very, deeply loved. They both also knew they were adopted, and if...
Did you know that siblings who have lost a brother or sister to abortion can present with Post Abortion Survivor Syndrome? This month, as we highlight twin survivor, Claire Culwell, and talk about the grief that comes for surviving twins, we think it’s also...
Posted originally on CareNet’s blog on August 14, 2018 by Susan Roberts. https://www.care-net.org/abundant-life-blog/the-brother-i-never-knew-abortions-impact-on-surviving-siblings As we highlight twin survivor, Claire Culwell this month, we can’t help but think of her twin, who was aborted. Claire not only survived an abortion procedure that took the life...
Jennifer always knew that she was adopted, but one day when she was 19 years old, while shopping with her mother, Jennifer challenged her to tell her something about herself that she didn’t already know. The truth her mother shared changed the way she...
