In His Few Hours Here, Baby Draws Family Into Circle of Life [Intense]

NewHouse News Service ^ | 5/3/03 | Chris Meehan

[wideawake]

God bless them. I'm crying.

[biss5577]

Thank you for sharing the most touching story I have ever heard in my entire life. Now Gabriel will live on in the hearts of many. How fortunate you are--such an incredible family. God bless each and every one of you.

[detsaoT]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for this touching article...

[Cordova Belle]

God bless you for this life-affirming post. I'm copying now. Also sending by email to www.str.org. They will appreciate this!

[stands2reason]

a bump and a *sniff*

[Cordova Belle]

Have you ever visited www.str.org?

[Maigrey]

Pro-Life Ping!

Warning: Three kleenext tearjerker!

[math=power]

My father was the product of a 16 year old pregnancy. His mother left him with good people willing to take him in. He is such a gentle man. He raised three children, two of which hold PhD's in Mathematics. There is no way to describe the positive impact he has had on so many lives. I wonder if women had "choice" in the 40's would this woman who never once in visited him in 46 years have made the right one?

Thanks for your post.

Jeff

[luckymom]

Thank you. Gabriel will be in my heart as I volunteer in a pregnancy center. I pray that the mothers who come there will value their babies as much as Gabriel's family did him.

[GOP_1900AD]

This should be required reading for anyone who wants "services" at any "family planning clinic" which receives our taxpayer dollars. It's only fair; if some one wants to take the "easy" way out, then they need to be made to think about the differences between the dignity that we witness in this account, Vs. the evil alternatives.

[I'm ALL Right!]

bump for later reading

[TrexDogs]

Oh my goodness. Beautiful, sad, and heartwarming all at once. What wonderful, special people -- every one of them.

[madprof98]

I'm trying to recall the details of the editorial column in the New York Times a while back, but only the general outline of the story comes to mind. Briefly, the writer recounted a decision he and his wife made to terminate a troubled late-term pregnancy rather than give their child a few moments of life after birth. They felt the child kicking in the womb and actually gave him a name, even as they sent him off to the abortionist for execution. Afterwards, they made up all sorts of excuses to rationalize their selfishness. It was the very antithesis of this story--as if there were a Red Zone and a Blue Zone way of dealing with these things.

[conservativeammom]

Thank you so much for this wonderful article. Children are so precious, and Gabriel is truly an inspiration to all of us, as is his loving family who chose to give him a chance to be born and live, if only for a short time.

[GOP_1900AD]

bump.

[Incorrigible]

You might like this story.

[stands2reason]

No.

[stands2reason]

There was dignity in this child's short life---contrasted with a clinical dismembering and a "final resting" in a biohazard container.

He lived, and he died. He touched people's lives. He was a person.

[lsee]

God bless you and those you love.