"This is Sarah.", my relative introduced.
Visiting in their home, he barely gave a side ward glance.
"They have a test for that, to find out if a baby is normal.",
he stated as he walked on past.
Excited to see them, I didn't really comprehend his full meaning.
We went on to chat, she and I. Sarah rode in her stroller down the
country road as their story was told.
They could not get pregnant. Two terminations and several
miscarriages. Yet, the timing of that perfect baby will surely come.
I wondered what will be the cost?
How many have heard, "The baby will have a disability."
As you wait you fear all kinds of things.
Then the perfect baby arrives and the physician
sighs, "I guess I was off, there is nothing wrong with this little one."
To interrupt the beating of a heart is to kill the heart...the life.
The thought of life beginning or life ending brings out our deepest emotions.
As I left that day, the pain of his attitude went deep inside.
Can they not know that she is our flesh and blood.
Can they not see that we love her no matter what.
That she has a beating heart.
That we love "Her", not the things that are wrong with her.
This child, who is part of us.
It is hard to know the joy given by one who takes so much care.
One who will always be dependant.
One who is so limited in how she lives.
One who will not make one intelligent comment.....ever.
They cannot know the intense love that is deep in your soul.
For her to have surgery and let her go. She doesn't know.
They cannot know the fulfilling joy of seeing her smile at you each morning.
Her eyes twinkling brightly as her love is shown.
God created the heart.
It begins beating at conception.
When that rhythm is interrupted, the heart is dead...the life is stopped.
A beating heart means joy and happiness no matter how the body
is around the heart.
Truth is Truth.
Life is Life and God formed each one.
Psalm 139:13
"For you created my inmost being, you knit me together in my Mother's womb."
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Your posts continue to amaze and humble me. I can't wait to see these all in book form!!!! Love you.
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