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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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…
Unplanned Pregnancy Doesn’t Just Happen To Young Moms
Sometimes I forget that unplanned pregnancy doesn’t just happen to young moms. Here is the story of Edie and Erin Schmidt, who remind us that those two tiny blue lines can change our lives at any age. Find more from Edie on her website here. “Oh, look! Loooook!” I said, as I held up the…
Your Lines: Overcoming Postpartum Depression
A powerful and brave story by Katie of Loyal, Loving, and Learning. At first glance, having to be hospitalized for Postpartum Depression, at barely twenty-four years-old, seemed like a death sentence, but in actuality, it was the beginning of a new life for me. Having to be admitted to an inpatient psychiatric hospital was one…
Your Lines: Melissa Cohen
Melissa is one of my favorite bloggers. Although we’ve never met “IRL,” I feel like we’ve somehow known each other forever. Plus, I feel a special pride in watching Melissa’s writing career grow and blossom, because she was a student in my first online freelance writing class. (*puffs chest with pride*) Be sure to stop…
Your Lines: Bryn’s Unplanned Pregnancy Story
Part of a series of young mom and unplanned pregnancy stories, Your Lines, I give you Bryn of With Her Own Wings: When my daughter was about 9 months old my husband and I were living with her and our 100 pound Bernese Mountain Dog in a Fifth Wheel RV. We had just sold all…
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…
A Mother’s Heartbreak & Redemption: Hannah’s Story
By: Hannah Rose Allen For one mother who chose abortion for her unplanned pregnancy, her heart could not find peace. When she found herself pregnant again, she longed to hold her baby in her arms and embrace the life she had been given…only to receive the devastating news that would change her life forever. Read…