An archived episode of the Journeys to Motherhood internet radio show features a truly heart-warming story of a surrogate mother who gave of herself and her body in order to help other couples achieve their dreams of having a child. This selfless act is a real example of goodwill and was the perfect topic for this holiday season.

Host Barbara Winters spoke with surrogate mom Colleen Meyers about how she arrived at her decision to become a surrogate and her experiences. Colleen was a surrogate for two couples, delivering twins for the first and a single baby girl for the second. She was also very open about her disappointment at not becoming pregnant at her third surrogate attempt, which was for host Barbara Winters and her husband.

I didn’t realize that surrogates needed to take multiple doses of hormone shots for each in-vitro attempt and that sometimes those in-vitro attempts don’t work. Couple that with the many aches and pains of pregnancy plus the actual labor and delivery and you have a woman who truly placed the happiness of another couple above her own temporary discomfort. Colleen is proof positive that there are good people in the world today.