Pro-choice – what does it mean exactly? It means options. Not just one, but many. Not what might be right for me, but what is right for the people in whose shoes I don’t have to walk. I’m not going to get all political here, but I read this morning a post that touched me in many ways over at Lobal Warming.
Beth, who resides somewhere in the Midwest, recounts in this moving post, how the past came back to touch her entire family this month. And how her own words, given with thought but without any sense of portent when she was 20 years old, have changed her family forever 23 years later.
Beth was 20, her sister 15 and pregnant. The options were there. Terminate or carry. Grey provided support for both – one by providing cash and one by providing her thoughts. Her sister ended carrying the child who was given in love to adoptive parents. And, now, the child has now shown up in their lives. Had Beth not provided those words to her young sister, her namesake niece would not have had a chance to show up at their door.
Having been through the decision making process for friends when confronted with an unplanned pregnancy, I’ve watched them all make their choice. I’ve supported them whatever that choice was. But, as the adoptive mother of three kids who thanks two mothers silently every day for making the choice to carry, despite their inability to parent, I wanted to say thanks to Beth’s sister for making the choice she made, and to Beth for helping her sister make that choice. For all those whose lives have been touched by adoption, I highly recommend The Rising Blogger Post of the Day, Apple Meets Tree, from February 17th, 2008.
Review written by LORI HAHN.
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I like the play on words.
I could probably quibble with things for days (which is often my way), but I think I enjoy how others view a really complex set of choices made by those that I love (all with different outcomes).
A fine post. My son is also adopted and it is a very touching post to me.
Love the title, btw, lobal warning
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