Adalyn & Cassidy : Finding Joy Amidst Fear

By Penny RodenhouseMommy to Joseph “Joey”PTPRT Gene Mutation, Moebius Syndrome, Tracheomalacia, Congenital Myopathy, Epilepsy, Hypotonia, Chronic respiratory failureBorn May 2022 My husband and I tried to have a baby for 6 years and were unsuccessful. Fertility testing showed we’d need to do IVF to even conceive a child. We were heartbroken but knew that God…

By Abby FaumuinaMommy to LedgerLimb Body Wall ComplexApril 12, 2023 After trying to get pregnant for over 3 years, we finally gave up and decided we were probably infertile. To our surprise, on August 27, 2023 we found out I was pregnant. It was the best shock of our lives. We were absolutely ecstatic! It…

By Angela FrankMommy to BeckhamOctober 26 – November 12, 2022Brain AVM, Heart Failure Beckham’s pregnancy was a really big surprise! A surprise we didn’t know we wanted so bad until it happened. Nick and I had been together for 5 years and were raising Brooks, my child from a previous relationship. After the initial shock…

By Lisa EgglestonMommy to EzraMay 24 – May 25, 2019Acrania We decided we wanted to start our family fairly young to be younger parents. After a couple of months, we were soon pregnant with our first child in September 2018. We were excited and started making plans for our new little family. We quickly told…

Five days before the deadline, I came across an email in the abyss that is my inbox for an opportunity to attend a leadership cohort hosted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Global Leadership Institute. I didn’t know why at the time, but I felt like this was something I needed. So I scrambled, found some…

By Darby HarveyMommy to SamuelBorn March 2023Trisomy 13 My husband and I struggled with infertility. We were in the process of seeing multiple specialists for infertility treatment when we found out we were pregnant. At our 20-week anatomy scan they found our little boy had a significant kidney problem. We were referred to St. Louis…

By Nicole WeberMommy to IlahBorn August 2023Pulmonary Atresia – Congenital Heart Defect We went in for our 20-week anatomy scan for our second child and found we were having a girl. However, the ultrasound tech started to seem a little worried. Once the scan was done, she told us to wait and she was going…

I wrote this on my Facebook profile two years ago and it’s still one of the best things my husband and I have ever gone through together. I highly, highly recommend the Grief Recovery Method. Friends, if you have a loss of any kind that you need to walk through and process, please reach out…

For the past four years, Jessica Mulcahy (owner of JS Photography STL, LLC) and Santa Frank have provided free Santa minis for On Angels’ Wings recipients in St. Louis at the JS Photography studio. It’s become a tradition that they both look forward to. “It is a rewarding experience working on this project to provide Christmas pictures to…

The tradition started back in 2018, on a tree farm in Rogersville. Since that time, the On Angels’ Wings holiday pictures provided to Springfield, Missouri recipients have morphed, even including multiple session options for a couple of years (think “Grooge” and the “Ice Princesses”). Over time, Santa was the most popular and lasting choice.  This…