Audra’s Story

Hi, my name is Audra Langley. I found out I was pregnant on December 2nd, 2022 at 8:58 am in my college dorm room. I was 6 weeks pregnant, 20 years old, and single.

I have a pro-life view so on that day it stopped being about me and started being about the little one growing inside of me. That night, I went home and told my parents. It was the scariest thing I have ever done because I knew that I was going to disappoint them, I also knew that they would support me and would be happy that I came to them and I was right.

Even though I knew I was pregnant, I was in denial. It didn’t feel real even though I took care of myself, went to every doctor’s appointment, ate what I needed to, took my vitamins, left school to online, and got a full-time job. I still felt like I was missing something.

When I hit my three-month mark, my therapist suggested that I attend the Grace Place Pregnancy Center a few times. She told me the benefits such as lessons to watch through each period of pregnancy, emotional support from the advocates, a store where you use in-store credit called baby bucks where they have all the essentials such as diapers, wipes, clothes, bathtubs, cribs etc. and you pay with your time and by learning.

The women who ran the place prayed with me about whatever was bothering me and the hopes I had for the future. I knew once I started attending, it would be real. I was still in a state of denial, but I sucked it up because no matter what I felt,

I had to learn and be the best mom because that’s what my baby deserved.

Every time I walked into Grace Place, the emotional struggle of pregnancy started to feel lighter and lighter. I started going once a week after work and they accommodated my schedule. They came in on Fridays if I was too tired to come during the week’s normal business hours. They helped me accept this pregnancy by showing that God still loved me. I stopped feeling ashamed of my little one in my tummy and started to love him unconditionally. Grace Place helped me accept my son and soon those tears of sadness turned into tears of joy.

On July 28th, at 5:19 pm Asher James Langley finally entered this world. I heard his first cry, cut his umbilical cord, felt his skin on mine and my life changed! Every pain, every tear, every negative emotion I had experienced was all worth it because of this little life I was finally holding! This was only possible because of God!

To those young women who are going through an unplanned pregnancy and feel like life is over because of the dreams and the plans you may have made, it’s okay to feel that way. I sure did. Once you hold your baby in your arms or even hear their first heartbeat, those dreams may still be there but a new and a better dream comes to light. Growing and nurturing that little blessing, even after the hard 9 months, is the greatest gift of all for the both of you. God is with you every step of the way even during the darkest nights.

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