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What I Would Have Missed: Part 3
January 17, 2024When parents join our Verity’s Village community, they have often received a “fatal prenatal diagnosis” according to their doctors. At Verity’s Village, we choose the phrase “life-limiting” prenatal diagnosis, as we know and our parents know that their babies have a time to be with their parents however long that might be. In the post […]
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What I Would Have Missed: Part 2
December 12, 2023When we shared “What I Would Have Missed: Part 1,” we had many people respond to the love expressed by our parents for their babies with a diagnosis. A life-limiting prenatal diagnosis can seem so overwhelming to parents, friends, family, and others connected to mom and dad, and we can forget to focus on the […]
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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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Group Admin and Mama Bear Care Coordinator
June 7, 2023Last month, we finished sharing about our board of directors with our Mama Bear Care 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 serves as our Mama […]
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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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Trisomy Awareness Month Recap
March 31, 2023As Trisomy Awareness Month draws to a close, I wanted to take this opportunity to reiterate the points we made in our very first post this month on Trisomy Awareness. We addressed five reasons to remember Trisomy Awareness Month, and in this blog post, we will dive into these points in greater detail. Our first […]
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