So, without sharing graphic details, let’s just say that the recently celebrated Christmas season did not unfold in my family circle like a Hallmark movie. This, despite not only my prayers but my rather beside-the-point “practical” attempts to incarnate in our midst the... Read More →

  The following article was first published by The Dispatch on Sept. 13, 2025. You can read the original here.   Rebecca Smith (a pseudonym) wanted to give a family “the same love I found in becoming a mom,” so she became a surrogate. But when baby Leon died... Read More →