PSA: This episode talks about some of the negative aspects of growing up as an only child and having an only child as well as birth trauma and divorce - feel free to skip if you are not in a good headspace for that subject matter. While we usually like to focus on the positive aspects of having only children, it is our responsibility to let every voice be heard and honor both sides of the equation. For many people, being one and done is not a choice and having difficult feelings about it is valid and we want to support them, too. In this episode we speak with Marisha Stewart, an incredibly strong and courageous woman who felt very alone in her decision to have a child. Her husband was not very supportive during her pregnancy and it was stressful and isolating for her. She narrowly survived preeclampsia and once she her the child she often felt like a single mother. She was raised as an only child because her own mother also had preeclampsia, and ended up having an only child herself.  She found some great ways to make sure her son had strong friendships in his life and also found ways for herself to nurture and support many other children. Although being one and done was not quite what she had hoped for, she remained positive and was able to find peace in the situation, eventually remarrying and always having a very tight bond with her child. Her podcast is called Lioness Queen, she empowers women who are struggling with the emotional trauma and heaviness from separation and/or divorce by supporting, coaching, and ministering that there is life after divorce. You can now support our podcast on Patreon! Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook and email us your story to be featured on our show! Also remember to please leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts.