Hannah's Heart

Will and Bethany Whitfield join us to share about their sweet Benjamin. At Bethany’s anatomy scan she found out information about her sweet baby that no parent ever imagines they will hear. Will and Bethany were faced with decisions they didn’t ever picture as being part of their story. Follow along to hear how Jesus answered prayers even in the midst of the worst days.

Will and Bethany Whitfield join us to share about their sweet Benjamin. At Bethany’s anatomy scan she found out information about her sweet baby that no parent ever imagines they will hear. Will and Bethany were faced with decisions they didn’t ever picture as being part of their story. Follow along to hear how Jesus answered prayers even in the midst of the worst days.

Pastor Matt Powell comes on to talk about the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk. Pastor Matt shares the heaviness that we as fellow believers have felt over Kirk’s death, but also the celebration of death we have seen since September 10. We discuss how the evilness of it all feels like a weight more than we can carry. Pastor Matt shares some personal testimony of loss and the physical and spiritual effects this broken world has caused him and his family.

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.