The joyful hope and challenge of motherhood
May is the time of year when we honor and celebrate motherhood. We take a day, and set it aside, to acknowledge the courage and sacrifice that it is to become a mother. We get to witness this in our daily work, as our staff and volunteers walk with moms to take...
She Saw the Heartbeat
A young woman of 20 (we’ll call her Heather) came into the Gresham center for a pregnancy test. She met with our center director Leah and told her that she was 98% sure she would get an abortion. She also said that she and her boyfriend were on the same page,...
Larry’s Legacy at First Image: Abiding in Christ
“Over the last 30 years, I’ve missed breakfast more times than I’ve missed being with the Lord in the morning.” Though it’s probably been five years since Larry said that to me, it has stuck with me this whole time. There are a lot of things about Larry Gadbaugh that...
A lifesaving delay of plans
A 14-year-old client came into one of our Pregnancy Resource Centers recently with her mom. Both were sure that the home test would be confirmed as positive with our test. The young client explained that she was uncertain what her plan would be. She said she was too...
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