Myranda's Story
Hi! My name is Myranda. I have a son that is almost 2 and daughter who is almost 5 months old.
My life was pretty hectic before coming here. I did not believe in God. I did not have a clue about being a mother. I had no idea what I had in store for me. I was in a very bad, abusive relationship that ended terribly when I was 6 months pregnant and left me depressed, did not know what to do with my child and was just in a very, very bad place.
I moved in with my Aunt and she was a big believer in God and she kind of pushed me to come to church and brought me to the Vineyard of Cincinnati. So when I received the information from the Vineyard about Life Forward, I was a little lost and confused and didn’t really know if I wanted to even ask for help. I’ve always been the type of person that I’ve been scared to ask for help. I’ve always had a big pride thing with that. And I left the number sit in my phone for probably a good month before I made the phone call. And I finally hit rock bottom and I finally made that phone call.
As I pulled into the parking lot at Life Forward, I was very nervous of being judged. The initial conversation was just so welcoming. It’s almost like she read my face of “she doesn’t want to get help, but she really is desperate.” And just the words that she said, you know, “God still loves you for anything that you think you’ve done wrong in your life.”
Being a young mother who’s not married and currently not in a relationship with the father, I felt like I was a failure. And that was one of the big things when I walked into the door, I was so scared of being judged for - not realizing that I was really walking into the doors of somebody who was so open - open arms and just loving and just understanding.
I made an appointment and I came in and we did a pregnancy test and that came out positive. And then we did an ultrasound to figure out about how far along I was and figure all that stuff out. And they helped me understand my options and tell me that God is just doing His thing with me and just helped me with my faith as well, through everything. Prayed with me. And it’s just an amazing, amazing experience here.