Hey Singles,
Sorry for the heavy topics but it's autumn, and this is always my most intense season of self-reflection. Some may say this would be better suited for the Family Forum but Single is what I'm familiar with, and seeing as I am very single, I always decide to post my thoughts here.
I just saw this heart-breaking video on Yahoo:
https://screen.yahoo.com/cute-and-inspiring/inland-empire-mother-makes-ultimate-012500439.html
A young mother, only in her mid-20's, found out when she has terminal bone cancer when she was 10 weeks pregnant. She had the option of beginning treatment right away, but this would have killed the baby, and she decided to delay treatment because she said she could never kill a perfectly happy baby just to save herself, and that maybe it was meant for her to leave this life but for her daughter to stay.
As if this didn't break every string in your heart already, she and her husband already have a 6-year-old son, and she said that her little boy told her that when she passes away (they've given her a year to live), her son said, "I want to go with you." Oh my goodness.
The reason I ask this is because I have a friend who is an ordained minister with a friend who was in this exact predicament--young, pregnant with a second child, diagnosed with terminal cancer. Their first child was a little bit younger than in the article above--only about 2 years old.
In this particular case, torn and heartbroken, the woman had an abortion and began her chemotherapy treatments right away, because her husband could not bear the thought of 1. losing a second child while in addition, 2. losing his wife, AND, 3. being left behind to raise their first child by himself.
So far, her treatments have been successful and while I don't have any updates, last I heard, she actually has a chance to survive.
It's a situation NONE of us would ever want to see ourselves in. What would God want us to do in each case? What would YOU do?
To be blatantly honest, I can't even fathom being the mother. I would have to say, that because I am adopted myself, I would want to choose to allow my baby to live, just as my own mother made that choice for me. BUT, if I had a husband and another child... I don't know what I would do.
I do know that if it would have been my own mother and she had to make that decision for herself, if I would have had a way to communicate with her from my place in the womb, I would have told her, "Mama, you take care of you and my daddy and brother/sister. Don't you worry, and don't you cry, because God will take care of me. I love you."
The poll is anonymous and multiple choice for those who want to choose more than one answer. Put yourself into this situation for a minute.
1. If you were the wife/mother, what would you choose?
2. If you were the husband/father, what would you choose?
3. If you were the unborn child whose life was in danger, what would you want your parents to do?
I know we often say, "I would NEVER... do such-and-such... (such as, have an abortion or support one)," and I am certainly NOT saying that there are any exceptions for having an abortion (it's still taking a life), but my purpose in posting this is that maybe we can all remember to have a little more compassion on the people we meet each day, because we all face hard decisions in this life.
Show kindness to someone around you today, and God bless.
Sorry for the heavy topics but it's autumn, and this is always my most intense season of self-reflection. Some may say this would be better suited for the Family Forum but Single is what I'm familiar with, and seeing as I am very single, I always decide to post my thoughts here.
I just saw this heart-breaking video on Yahoo:
https://screen.yahoo.com/cute-and-inspiring/inland-empire-mother-makes-ultimate-012500439.html
A young mother, only in her mid-20's, found out when she has terminal bone cancer when she was 10 weeks pregnant. She had the option of beginning treatment right away, but this would have killed the baby, and she decided to delay treatment because she said she could never kill a perfectly happy baby just to save herself, and that maybe it was meant for her to leave this life but for her daughter to stay.
As if this didn't break every string in your heart already, she and her husband already have a 6-year-old son, and she said that her little boy told her that when she passes away (they've given her a year to live), her son said, "I want to go with you." Oh my goodness.
The reason I ask this is because I have a friend who is an ordained minister with a friend who was in this exact predicament--young, pregnant with a second child, diagnosed with terminal cancer. Their first child was a little bit younger than in the article above--only about 2 years old.
In this particular case, torn and heartbroken, the woman had an abortion and began her chemotherapy treatments right away, because her husband could not bear the thought of 1. losing a second child while in addition, 2. losing his wife, AND, 3. being left behind to raise their first child by himself.
So far, her treatments have been successful and while I don't have any updates, last I heard, she actually has a chance to survive.
It's a situation NONE of us would ever want to see ourselves in. What would God want us to do in each case? What would YOU do?
To be blatantly honest, I can't even fathom being the mother. I would have to say, that because I am adopted myself, I would want to choose to allow my baby to live, just as my own mother made that choice for me. BUT, if I had a husband and another child... I don't know what I would do.
I do know that if it would have been my own mother and she had to make that decision for herself, if I would have had a way to communicate with her from my place in the womb, I would have told her, "Mama, you take care of you and my daddy and brother/sister. Don't you worry, and don't you cry, because God will take care of me. I love you."
The poll is anonymous and multiple choice for those who want to choose more than one answer. Put yourself into this situation for a minute.
1. If you were the wife/mother, what would you choose?
2. If you were the husband/father, what would you choose?
3. If you were the unborn child whose life was in danger, what would you want your parents to do?
I know we often say, "I would NEVER... do such-and-such... (such as, have an abortion or support one)," and I am certainly NOT saying that there are any exceptions for having an abortion (it's still taking a life), but my purpose in posting this is that maybe we can all remember to have a little more compassion on the people we meet each day, because we all face hard decisions in this life.
Show kindness to someone around you today, and God bless.
