I wanted to share my experience meeting her. It was after a powerful talk she gave at an event hosted by a local church, and she always greets the audience after all her talks so I got in line. I didn't really know what to say but I knew I really wanted to meet her and at least thank her for sharing her story at so many prominent events to bring awareness to our society (and internationally) about the true nature of abortion. But when I was just a few people away from her, I decided I would keep it light and ask for an exchange of prayer intentions - I would pray that she would meet her "hot Italian husband" (she's still single and joked during her talk that she knew she would end up marrying an Italian someday) if she would pray for my unborn baby (currently 16 weeks pregnant). Wasn't expecting it to be more than a quick exchange but when I finally knelt down beside her to greet her, my preggo hormones took over and I found it difficult to hold back tears while trying to choke out what I was going to say (hence tears in my eyes in this pic), but when I finally did she put her hand on my shoulder and said "of course, I'll pray for you. Let's do it right now!" and she placed her other hand on my belly (after asking me of course). It actually meant a lot to me. She didn't know but I've been battling one UTI after another during this pregnancy and the morning before, my doctor told me that I was at an increased risk for miscarriage. I tried not to worry too much about it and think positively but while Gianna was praying for me, I realized that I was actually really frightened about it and my emotions spilled over. It was a beautiful, empowering woman-to-woman encounter and I was just so surprised that she took that time to pray with me when there were probably at least 100 other people in line behind me waiting to greet her. She was probably there for a long while!