Join Gabby and Eddie’s Leap of Faith to Parenthood

Hi, my name is Gabrielle Miranda and here’s my story:

Ever since I was a little girl, I always knew I wanted to become a mom one day. I had my whole timeline planned out. The plan was to be married by 22 and have a baby by 24. Unfortunately, for my younger self, that dream never became my full reality.

At 28, I was blessed to marry Eddie, who made my life so full! Eddie shared my hope of staring a family and wanting to have our “mini me’s” running around our house someday. He was raised in the Bronx by a single-mother of 5 and faced several struggles growing up. His dad passed when he was only 5 years old, so he never got the chance to experience what it meant to carry out the role of a husband or father. Though he never had a father in the home and never even thought he would be married someday, he was thrilled at the thought of making a new story for his family. We envision a home filled with the laughter of children, the warmth of bedtime stories, and the joy of shared milestones.

As the years went by, the desire grew to expand our family. Eddie already had baby names picked out. He told me “our boy would be a junior and our girl would be named Cinderella because she will ALWAYS be daddy’s princess.” I was okay with the junior, but gave him a quick no for Cinderella. Nevertheless, I was excited for this next step in our marriage! I didn’t want to stress out over trying to conceive, so I decided to stop taking birth control and let it happen naturally. Despite our hopes, year after year our hope was left unfulfilled.

I would have never imagined I’d be 36 and still not be a mama. As I wrestle with that hard reality internally, it has become increasingly painful. The pain is heightened each time I get the question, “when will you have a baby?” or as I struggle to smile and congratulate my loved ones on their pregnancies, still awaiting my own.

I didn’t want to share our journey with infertility because it is such a private and painful thing to experience. However, we feel compelled to invite others in to bring us the support that we need. So, we invite you to join us. We’re asking that you stand with us as we face the uncertainty and difficulty. We know that God is more than able to do this seemingly impossible thing. We have prayed and fasted through this journey, and we know that God has called us to be parents even if not in the way that we pictured.

So, this summer, we have decided to take a leap of faith to pursue this calling into parenthood. We hope to start IVF treatments, and believe this could be the step to make our dream complete. IVF is a costly procedure, and despite our best efforts to save and prepare, we are facing a significant financial gap. This is where we humbly reach out to you, our community, for support. We believe that with the collective strength of our loved ones and the kindness of strangers, we can bring our dream to fruition.

Will you stand with us? Will you pray with us? Will you give?

“Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.””

‭‭Mark‬ ‭10‬:‭27‬ ‭NIV‬‬