A Testimonial to Faith and Courage
by Jefrey Breshears
One morning in late January, 1998, I walked into a classroom at Georgia State University to deliver a lecture in my Modern U.S. History course on the origins of the Cold War. Just as I was getting ready to start, a knock came at the door. An interruption like this was unusual, but when I walked over to open the door, a young woman stood looking at me, and with a hint of slight self-consciousness she asked, “Professor Breshears, can I talk to you for a minute?” This was a rather odd request and odd timing, but something compelled me to step out into the hall and shut the door behind me.
She immediately began by saying, “You probably don’t remember me [I didn’t], but I was in one of your classes two years ago. After class one day, we had a talk. I had just found out that I was pregnant, and it seemed like my whole world was falling apart. I wasn’t married, I didn’t know what to do…