Posted on 03/02/2007 2:59:57 PM PST by wagglebee
Amazing ping.
God bless her, her little one, husband/father, and all who love her too. Mother Love personified.
Tears in my eyes reading this one.
It doesn't get any more real than this.
STRAIGHT to HEAVEN she went!! God bless and keep the whole family!!
She certainly did!!!
Inspirational woman. I will tell you that I am pro-life and against abortion in nearly every circumstance. However, I would not have blamed her or looked down upon her if she had an abortion in this circumstance. It would have been self-defense, that she might have saved herself to be able to care for the little ones she already had a while longer. Yet she chose instead to bring this little one into the world. God bless her.
Agreed!
This woman is a modern day Saint. I rarely cry, and this story put a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. I think this hits hard because I've been viewing a board of radical, leftist feminists. These women seem to have a hatred for the child within the womb, comparing the child to a parisite. The child within the womb is no parisite, that's for sure. They claim in order for women to truly be equal and have the same rights as men, they have the right not to bear children or have another being attached to their bodies. My response is that women and men should have equal rights, but women and men are not biologically equal. A real feminist would celebrate the life giving power of women, not treat that life giving power as a defect that must be butchered. A real feminist would celebrate that only women can have the gift of motherhood, and that gift should be embraced, not destroyed. This woman celebrated motherhood and the beautiful gift that she was given. She loved her child so much, she was willing to lay down her life. God bless this woman!
Well, this story turned on my water works.
This woman was an angel on loan from God.
Outstanding.
The article just says that having an abortion would have "extended her life" but it isn't clear to me whether that means they could have cured her or just provided her with a few extra weeks/months of life.
I mention this because I think if I were in a similar situation I would make the same decision if the only difference was a few weeks/months but I might make a different choice if I knew there was a real possibility for a cure from the cancer and forgoing treatment meant leaving the children I already have.
I'm not trying to start an argument but I often wonder how I would react in similar circumstance. It's much easier for me to talk about hypotheticals when there's no real cost involved. It would be supremely difficult for me to voluntarily travel a path that I knew would permanently separate me from my kids.
May God bless this woman and her family!
There are good, decent, moral people in the world.
A true American Hero.
God bless them!
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