Notice the Beauty of Hope and Tenacity

"Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand."

Henry David Thoreau

A spring snow that sparkles in the sun is one of the most beautifully breath-taking and inspirational sights there is. Consider this picture. Each snowflake sparkles brilliantly. And the tenacity of the spring crocus, stubbornly displaying its stems and blooming flower lifts our hearts even if we are just paying a little attention. When you ponder this image for a few minutes, the inspiration it provides is undeniable.

We watch many of your journeys as you share your stories and as you travel down the path of Snowflakes Embryo Adoption and Donation with the same awe. Your story is an inspiration.

Keep Sparkling and Sharing your Story!

Families Created from Faithful Tenacity

Dustin and I decided after our second wedding anniversary that we would begin trying to start our family. As many stories go, it didn’t happen right away… About a year later, we got a positive pregnancy test. We were so excited! Things progressed as normal until our 20-week appointment when we had our anatomy scan.

Click here to read this story...make sure you read all the way to the wonderful ending!!

Abnormal Embryos and Human Life

AN EMBRYOLOGIST’S REFLECTIONS

When Laura Elm, the Director and Founder of Sacred Heart Guardians and Shelter, asked me to write something about embryo viability as it relates to the discarding of human embryos, I was at first reluctant. Perhaps that is because it is digging up an unpleasant memory, or it requires deep thought and reflection that is sometimes difficult to do.

For context, after training for 9 years to be a reproductive physiologist, I became an embryologist and laboratory director for a human assisted reproductive technology laboratory. I conducted all the modern technical procedures related to IVF and I discarded many “non-viable” embryos into the medical waste. I can remember always instinctively pausing each time my hand was over the biohazard disposal container, as if to double-check that I was, in fact, discarding the correct embryos. Maybe it was also something else that caused me to pause.

Click here to read this embryologist's conclusions

Do you have a Snowflakes teenager?

In 2020, a closed Instagram group for Snowflakes children aged 14+ was formed by Snowflake #1, Hannah.

We would like to have more teenagers join the group where they can interact and discuss their experiences as embryo adopted kids.

We need parents to help us connect with your kids!

If your child would like to join the group, please email Karli Adams at Karli@nightlight.org and provide your child's first and last name along with their Instagram handle. Karli will email the name of the private group handle to you, and your teenager can request to join. Hannah approves requests!