The Ripple Effect

We often find empty spaces and broken places in this journey called life. Sometimes someone, or a group of people, fills in those gaps for us. Our lives head in a new direction, and the ripples of our choices reach far and wide in blessing. Take, for example, Elizabeth’s story.*

Dreadful Discovery

Elizabeth trembled as she looked at the blue line in front of her. That meant positive. “Michael isn’t going to like this at all,” she muttered. Just last night he’d subjected her to another drunken tirade. He was hardly the loving daddy type. But what could she do?

Elizabeth leaned against the sink and closed her eyes. “What’s Mother going to say about this back in Colorado? What—” Her eyes shot open. “Wait a minute—I’ll just go home and have an abortion there!” She stood up and fixed her hair, her face