My Mother Kicked Me Out of the Church for Getting Pregnant Out of Wedlock

The day I revealed my pregnancy at church began with morning sickness and ended with my mother disowning me. But what happened afterward led her to change her heart completely.

I’m a psychology major in college, and I met Glenn last fall in our Intro to Research Methods class. We started as study buddies, but from the beginning, he had this way of explaining things that just made everything click. And his smile? It could light up the whole lecture hall.

“Faith, you’re staring again,” he’d tease during our study sessions, and my cheeks would go red every single time.

“Can’t help it if you’re distracting,” I’d shoot back, and we’d laugh like we had the world’s best secret.

We went from coffee after class to hours at the diner, sharing endless plates of waffle fries and our life stories. Glenn told me about his childhood, running through fields, while I opened up about losing my dad when I was five. One night, as we sat at the diner, he reached across the table, squeezing my hand and saying, “Your dad would be so proud of you, Faith, following your dreams and wanting to help people through psychology.”