Your Lines is a series that chronicles YOUR stories seeing those first two lines that marked the beginning of your motherhood. If you want to share your own story of unplanned pregnancy or young motherhood, please email me at [email protected]. A week after I turned 22 my parents came to visit me for what…
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Get Tiny Blue Lines For Only $5 This Month!
Exciting news! My book, Tiny Blue Lines: Reclaiming Your Life, Preparing For Your Baby, and Moving Forward in Faith in an Unplanned Pregnancy, is on sale this month through my publisher, Ave Maria Press, for only $5! 5 dollars?! I couldn’t even buy it that for that price as the author! And while on one hand,…
Your Lines: Rebecca Taulbee
Today’s mom is Rebecca of Our Life, Our Love, Our Story, sharing her journey as a young mom of two and a dreaming entrepreneur. Rebecca graduated from Michigan State University with a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture and is mom to 7-year-old son and a young daughter. Take it away, Rebecca! Tell us about yourself:…
Your Lines: The XX Mama and Student Pregnancy
Unlike the name may suggest, there’s nothing racy on this post, I assure you. Instead, there’s just a lot of raw honesty + inspiration from young mom Emily Urbanski, a student mother to an eight-month-old daughter. Emily blogs at XX Mama, where she says that she believes that “young mamas should be proud of themselves.” I…
Your Lines: Katie of Millennial Mama
Since sharing her story of her “two tiny blue lines,” Katie has also welcomed a beautiful little girl into their family. Follow Katie, a millennial mama of three, on Facebook. It all began when I peed on a stick. In less than a minute, the word “pregnant” flashed up on the little window, and my…
I’m 28 With Four Kids-So What?
Over on Babble this week, I shared my thoughts on being a young mom of four kids-and how for me, young motherhood has not meant my life has been a failure, or even more of a struggle. Maybe I’m the exception, but I doubt it. The true “success” of motherhood-at any age-means believing in yourself,…
Your Lines: The Lily Field
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted one of my Your Lines interviews with an inspiring young mom, but today, I’m happy to feature the beautiful Brittany of The Lily Field. She is a mother that almost seems too good to be true-always cooking up some delectable, healthy meal and loving life at home…
Your Lines: Stephanie Powell, Life Unexpectedly
Stephanie Powell is a mom of two little girls who are the same ages at my daughters and her story to me, represents, the wide range that an unplanned pregnancy can have. Stephanie’s story is a little different than mine, in that she is an atheist and considered adoption when she and her husband discovered…
Your Lines: Liane
I was a junior in college with a major in Biology and pre-med in the fall of 2003, and by all accounts, I had everything going for me. I was making good grades, set to graduate in two years and then head to medical school to complete my dream of becoming a doctor. I had…
Do Young Moms Have Something To Prove?
You guys may have heard me mention The Happiest Mom a time or two. As in, Meagan Francis is so awesome! She changed my life! She’s from Michigan! She has five kids and created an incredible writing career from scratch! Yes, I am a bit obsessed and yes, I stalk her a bit, but I…