The Conforti Story
We started trying to have children about 3 years ago with no success. Lynne, Nick’s mother, was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer last spring and moved in with us for hospice during the last 2 months of her life. She peacefully passed 6/4/25 surrounded by her family in the comfort of our home. She was a fraternal twin and was adopted out of the foster system when she was 13 years old, not knowing she had other siblings out there. She ended up finding her twin brother and the rest of her 7 siblings in her 30s. She loved kids and always wanted us to have children of our own someday. A few months after she passed, Cassie’s youngest sister sent Cassie a photo of a sonogram and told her she was 8 weeks pregnant with twins but couldn’t keep them. She had gotten the abortion pill but felt strongly that she should text Cassie before she took it. Cassie shared the situation with Nick and he was very hesitant about it at first. He said he needed to think about it because it could be “messy” being that it is family. Cassie told her sister to wait and that there was a very real possibility that they may be able to take the babies. After a couple months of wrestling with it, Nick told God that he needed a “sign” and the specific sign was that one had to be a boy and the other had to be a girl. He did not share this with Cassie. A couple days later, Cassie’s sister found out the genders and lo and behold, there was one of each. Nick told God he needed another sign and during his quiet time, he opened his Bible to the chapter he was already reading and the first verse he read was Matthew 18:5 - “Whoever welcomes one such child in my Name also welcomes me.” It became undeniable what the right thing to do was so Nick went ahead and told Cassie and the rest of her family that they were going to go ahead and welcome the twins into their home. With Lynne being a fraternal twin and also adopted, we feel like she “sent these babies to us”. The craziest thing is that they are due on the anniversary of her death: June 4th.
Since they were unexpected, the financial deficit is glaring. Any little bit helps, whether that be hand-me-downs of clothing or baby gear or money for diapers and formula and anything else twins might need. We so appreciate those who have already stepped up to help us in this very big life change, and those that have prayed with us and for us. We couldn’t do it without our “village”. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
-Cassie and Nick Conforti
