A significant challenge that occurred in my life began in May 2015, when my girlfriend and I discovered that she was pregnant. Because of our Catholic upbringing, we are both pro-life, so abortion was never an option for either of us. The only question was whether we were going to keep the baby, or give him or her up for adoption. After much deliberation, we decided that based on our situation, in which we had 2 sets of parents that were willing to help and support us in any way they could, we would keep the baby. A little over 9 months later, on January 20th, my now-fiancée (we got engaged in September) gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Ellis Benjamin Dapprich, 9 days after her due date and after more than 24 hours of induced labor. This
