Beka Clayton lost her baby, Miles, when she was just 19 weeks pregnant. But her story on social medial has helped other grieving mothers, including co-host Anne Cockrell.

Beka Clayton lost her baby, Miles, when she was just 19 weeks pregnant. But her story on social medial has helped other grieving mothers, including co-host Anne Cockrell.

Emily Lott comes on to tell her story of infertility and multiple losses. She shares intimate details of what her losses were to walk through and how she finally came to a point of full surrender to the Lord. She shares how when she “got out of the way” the Lord began His amazing work in her life. We learn such encouraging information about adoption fundraisers and look forward to having Emily back on with an update of how the Lord continues to work through her story.

This week, Anne and Kendra introduce the second annual Bibles for Babies campaign. This campaign started in 2024 in memory of Anne’s baby John-Micah, who passed away in 2023. This gives moms an opportunity to honor their babies in heaven by donating in their memory, and providing a New Beginners Bible for moms with unexpected pregnancies at Parkgate Pregnancy center.

https://afr.net/biblesforbabies

Hannah Meador comes on to share about her very recent loss. She opens up about feeling like she doesn’t deserve to grieve for this baby because she was “so early” and she already has one healthy baby. If you’ve walked through loss at any point you know this is not the case. One early loss is a life that was loss way too soon.

Walk with you advocates for families navigating the death of a child to ensure families can honor their child’s life in a way that leave no room for regrets.

AFA’s own Ed and Dianne Vitagliano come on to share their story of loss. Dianne experienced loss many years ago, however, she was willing to share how that loss still affects her today. Ed mentions how one thing he would change in his life would be to have more children and wonders who that little baby would be today. Ed and Dianne walked through loss when it was not a popular subject to bring up at the dinner table. She shares how that impacted her and how she was able to grieve the life of her unborn baby.

Ashley O joins us for a second time to tell more about her book, Cradled and Hope, that was recently released. It is a book written in memory of her sweet baby Bridget, who passed away in 2014. Ashley desires to encourage other loss moms to clean to Jesus as they walk through the unimaginable loss of a child.

The doctors warned Ashley her baby may be stillborn. Ashley's mother responded to God's prompting and turned a knit baby blanket into a tiny crib for baby Bridgette. Even though the baby went to Heaven before she was born, the crib added some dignity to a tragic situation. Now, hospitals everywhere are requesting knit cribs for premature and stillborn babies, and Bridgette's memory lives on.

Jackie Gibson returns for a part two of her story to continue her story of child loss. She shares about special ways she remembers her sweet Leila and encourages others to make ways to remember their babies in heaven. Jackie’s husband has also authored a childrens’ book to help siblings after loss. The Moon is Always Round is a precious book to honor Leila and also help children understand that God is always good even when life doesn’t feel too good.