EAN Special: They Chose Life

I'm Laterica Thomas.

I'm Kristana. I'm Lauren Davis. Keishon Stinson and Kingston Stinson, my two sons.

She's three. Her name is Navy Kyle White. She is sassy but she loves trucks and dirt and dirt bikes and everything like that.

I am due January 28th, 2021 and I'm going to name her

Savaria. I pray that I can be everything that I need to be for her and be a good mom and not have her to struggle or to go without basically.

Me and my little girl, we have like a special kind of bond because I think, you know,

I know that I was going to have an abortion with her. He's a happy baby. Like he's so happy.

Everybody loves him. He likes to eat and he's already walking. Like he walks real good.

I thought I couldn't afford it. It's something I can't do. I didn't really see myself being a parent to begin with.

So I was like two babies and then the father was also pushing the issue so it kind of helped just for me to go ahead and try it.

I had just had Kingston. I think he was about nine, ten months when

I found out I was pregnant and I was scared. I didn't have no help so I was feeling like I was going to be raising two babies by myself with no help.

We were staying in the hotel. Didn't have nowhere to go. I was paying a high car note. I just had a lot already on my plate that I was dealing with and I felt like I wasn't ready to deal with no second baby.

I felt like that I could not have another baby and that's just that.

I feel like I couldn't take care of another baby. I feel like I didn't have time for another baby. That's just it you know.

When we got here I heard him and he was telling me that he can help me and there's you know don't worry about anything.

I'm helping you and I just didn't have the heart to. So when I went in there and I seen everybody getting ready for everything and yeah the place even gave me weird vibes itself.

So I changed my mind and when I came out yeah he got upset kind of pulled off and I left me in the parking lot and he was there saying hey

I'll give you a lift whatever you need. I can help you and I took his information.

The day that I did pull in I was me and my grandma had scraped up on enough money for me to make the first appointment which was $2 .75

but once I pulled into the parking lot I think I was the only one in the parking lot and Pastor Scott and they all was trying to get my attention and pray with me.

I was thinking maybe I should just go listen to what they had to say. I mean I always believed in God and I at that time

I felt like I needed prayer. So I went over and talked to Pastor Scott and Mike and they talked to me about the history of Planned Parenthood.

He prayed with me. He told me how he would be able to help me out the situation that I was in and also help me raise my child and then

I end up talking to Miss Kathy which is she's with Operation Saving Life.

So I talked over the phone with her for a long time about everything that had happened and right over the phone like she made me like fall in love with her just like that.

Just seeing her arms and her legs like I honestly think that that's that had a lot to do with it.

I was like I cannot it just made it more real you know like because when you're in a situation like me you're thinking oh at the time it's nothing it's just a little seed you know it's nothing you know you're gonna take the pill and you just you know

I'm saying whatever whatever but then when you actually like see like a whole human and granted

I do have a little boy and I know what it was all about but I don't know I was just thinking you know it's just that little seed then

I seen like her legs and her arms and stuff it was a whole fetus and I was like no

I cannot do that. I just didn't have the heart to do it and I figured if he was offering help and he was going to be there for me mentally emotionally and however you know just being there for me then

I was going to take him upon that. I was staying in a hotel a ran down hotel for about a year and Miss Kathy dropped me out there one day and she saw it and she was like no you would not be living here so they helped me get into based on income apartments in Smyrna.

They paid the first month rent deposit until I was able to pay it myself. Someone donated a van to them and they gave it to me they signed the title right over to my name where I wouldn't have to pay my car no no more so that was amazing and they help with my boys as much as possible they buy clothes diapers milk anything that I need they help gas card grocery cards whatever we need basically they there like whenever I feel stressed out

I call and talk and pray with Miss Kathy and then but eventually like on down the line they end up getting me a vehicle and a car seat you know

I'm saying like all the little things I needed. Absolutely no strings attached I was like do you want me to clean the church or something or what do you want me to do and they was like oh nothing we just want to help you get back on your feet so you can provide for you and your baby.

Scott told me that he would help me with whatever I needed he'd throw me a baby shower he also tried to get me a lift so I can get home safely and Scott has came through with all of his words he helped me with rental assistance he helped me on my car note and he put food in my house as well he's kept his word the whole time like I'm still in shock that someone helped that much.

Operation Saving Life they make me feel like I'm their family like it's no like discriminations you know

I'm saying nobody talks about you we dress however we want to dress nobody looking at you no certain way everybody welcome you in it's family everyone want to help you

I mean whatever you need I feel like there's somebody there that can help. I would tell her to choose life to understand that God put the baby there for a reason and if he didn't want you to have it he wouldn't have given it to you he wouldn't have gave you that blessing.

I would tell her to choose life keep your baby there's so many support you know different support out here like there's so many different things you can do to reach out for help.

She could be blessing someone else that can't have kids if she would want to give it up for adoption there's so many options instead of you know going with abortion.

You know anybody who love you that you love if they can help is there another way for you to go other than the abortion way

I mean it's lots of ways I know God is always with us at all times and if we talk to somebody and pray

I believe they'll make the right decision. Even if you feel like you still do not want to keep your baby give your baby up for adoption don't abort your baby.

I mean you can go with adoption or you can choose the like I did raise your child with help of others.

I'm glad that I did choose life other than getting an abortion.

I love everything about my son I love the people that he brought into our life like he made me be a better woman and they also helped me become a better woman.