What I Would Have Missed: Part 1
November 15, 2023When a parent is given a life-limiting prenatal diagnosis for their baby, we can mistakenly focus on missing out on the pain and avoiding the grief. No matter what decision is made, grief is unavoidable, but the focus on what a parent will actually miss if they terminate their pregnancy can be life saving: life […]
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Christi’s Story: “What if your baby lives?”
October 20, 2023Many of our stories come from our Verity’s Village online community, but the presence of the grander community affected by a prenatal diagnosis is larger than our online community. Each of us are in cities with others who have been given a diagnosis or are caring for a child who received a diagnosis. In my […]
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April’s Letter: To Thomas Henry
September 20, 2023Rather than our typical blog post sharing the overall story of a parent and their baby’s diagnosis, today’s blog post shares one of our Verity’s Village mother’s letter to her son. By her permission, we are allowed a window into her pregnancy, her special times with her son, and her choice to spend this time […]
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Cheryl’s Story: Waiting with Hope
August 23, 2023As we love to encourage our parents to reach out with their stories, so our Verity’s Village parents have an ongoing invite to share their families’ stories to our blog. Cheryl agreed to share her ongoing story about Elijah Raphael her sweet son. Her little Elijah Raphael was originally diagnosed with iniencephaly, but as they […]
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Kieran’s Story: Ectopia Cordis
June 14, 2023Many times, we link to diagnosis stories on various blogs, newspapers, or even medical sites. This Wednesday, we are privileged to share the story of Kieran on our own blog. In November 2014, Kieran’s family received a prenatal diagnosis, learning their little girl would be born with ectopia cordis. Ectopia Cordis is a condition that […]
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Group Admin and Future Parent Care Coordinator
June 7, 2023Last month, we finished sharing about our board of directors with our Verity’s Village community, but wait, we have more! In addition to our introducing our Founder, Social Media Manager, and Board of Directors, we would also like to introduce you to one of our Group Admins, Kathryn Kerr, who completed training to become our […]
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Recognizing Save the Storks
June 2, 2023Verity’s Village Launch At the very beginning as Verity’s Village started to come alongside parents who had received a life-limiting diagnosis, Save the Storks offered to pay the shipping for our care packages in our first year of ministry as part of their support for the launch of Verity’s Village. This support was instrumental in […]
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Board Member – Joyce Zick
May 19, 2023Our May leader feature focuses on Board Member Joyce Zick! Joyce has served as a board member of the Verity’s Village Board of Directors since the beginning and was on board with Beverly’s heart and mission before Verity’s Village came to fruition. She currently works hard to bring life to women on the mission’s field, […]
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Board Member – Todd McLain
April 14, 2023Todd McLain is a board member of the Verity’s Village Board, and he is the spotlight of our Leader Feature. Todd was also one of the founding board members of the Verity’s Village Board of Directors. Todd, thank you so much for allowing us to ask you a few questions about yourself! Our written interview […]
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Elizabeth’s Story: Isaiah Still Speaks
April 3, 2023Verity’s Village parents are invited to share their stories and the stories of their children to be posted to our blog, and we have many parents who reach out to let their little lights shine. “Elizabeth’s Story: Isaiah Still Speaks” was provided to us this last month to share with our community, our village. We […]
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