Supporting Parents, One Point at a Time The Shop, located in our Axia Center, offers a unique "earn and learn" program for our clients from various programs. By meeting with a mommy mentor and participating in different programs, clients earn points that they can use to...
We are immensely grateful for the initiative at our Axia Center—a vibrant group for Spanish-speaking moms that has quickly become a treasured community. Here, courageous women find a safe and nurturing environment to share their stories, find acceptance, and receive the vital support they need. Each...
Kimberly made the courageous decision to place her first son, Jonathan, through the Loving Alternative Adoption Agency five years ago. Aware that her life wasn't as stable as needed for effective parenting, she understood the challenges of the adoption journey yet believed it would offer...
At Living Alternatives in Tyler, Texas we would like to become a prototype of how a community can better handle the issue of unplanned pregnancies. Have you ever gone to a city where things are different? Not long after I moved to the Smith County, Tyler TX...
The Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) was started in 1982, by giving out a single pregnancy test to a woman in need. All these years, and tens of thousands of pregnancy tests later, it has all culminated into what we see today. The PRC is a vital program...
Natalie* came to Building Blocks with two energetic toddlers and was pregnant with her third child. She was very tired, her self esteem was nonexistent, and the weight of living in extreme poverty was heavy on her shoulders. Vicky, a Building Blocks volunteer, was slow and respectful...
Erin waited at the Loving Alternative adoption office with rapt attention to any hint of a sound approaching the door. She could hardly contain the flood of emotions surging through her heart. She’d hoped for this moment and dreamed of it in a thousand different scenarios,...
2020 may go down as one of the hardest in our lifetime. We have made significant adjustments in the way we live, from wearing masks to changes in public gatherings and social distancing. But we’ve also had significant scientific achievements to find a vaccine in record...
Jessica arrived at Fatherheart after a two-day Greyhound bus ride from Las Vegas to Tyler. We interviewed Jessica via Skype and we weren’t sure she would actually get on a bus and travel the 48 hours she needed to start a new life, but deep down she...
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is the tree of life. Proverbs 13:12 I found myself in a room filled with smiling, eager-looking people. I was smiling too, in a vain attempt to disguise the hopelessness gripping my heart. There were many wonderful...