Ranting

I know I haven't posted in a LONG time and my first post should be talking to you about the birth of our daughter Alaina on August 3, 2010. She was 7 lbs. 3 oz and 20 inches long. Born at 12:56 PM. Now, 2 months later she is 10 lbs 11 oz. and is smiling and cooing away. I couldn't imagine our life without her even though she wasn't planned like our almost 2 year old son. In the past week, God has been slowly pulling at my heart...in a direction I never thought I would go.

Before I had kids, and even after my first daughter I was pro-choice. I thought women should have the right to choose if they wanted to have a baby or not. I thought "what if I got raped....would I want to keep a child from a rapist?" I was naive. I only saw abortion as something people did during the first week or two after conception. I didn't know then what I know now. I know that a baby has a heartbeat between 5-6 weeks after conception. I believe that any baby is a gift from GOD. Killing ANY baby (even one conceived by rape) is MURDER! In the last two weeks GOD has put before me three videos. Two were from abortion survivors and one was a documentary on partial birth abortion. The partial birth abortion video is disturbing for me to watch and just makes me want to race into the hospital room screaming "no wait! I will take and care for your baby!" My husband would probably not be too happy but if it meant saving a gift from GOD so be it!

The two women that survived an attempt at aborting them are wonderful stories. One woman's mother was 7 1/2 months pregnant and the other was 6 months pregnant. They injected both of these mothers with saline and within days they were born.....alive. They should have been burned and dead. They have both forgiven their mothers and turned to GOD. You can find their videos on You Tube by the way, by searching for abortion survivor. One is Melissa Ohden ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5PlZzpfHQI) and the other one is Gianna Jessen (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKrW7vP8W00).
Now we have a president in office who supports Planned Parenthood and the murder of babies (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSsFzue-V-I). Planned Parenthood...a place that grosses $70 million a year and has been quoted saying "I have aborted over a million babies and I consider it my passion". That is sick. It is their passion to kill babies?

Let's talk about women's choice. How about the choice of adoption. We live in a great country that allows you to drop a baby off at any hospital and walk away, no questions asked. Your telling me you can't wait two more months and just let some other person...who maybe can't have kids of their own, take your baby and love it and care for it? Why? I don't feel that people who get pregnant because they are irresponsible should have a choice not to pay for their consequences...at least for 9 months :) I have three beautiful children. Only 1 was planned. I wouldn't trade them for the world! I would give my life for theirs!

That is my womanly choice! Let's talk about another subject. I am the official photographer for Prevent Child Abuse MN. I saw an article on MSN today about how an 18 year old mother and 19 year old father duck taped their 22 month old son to the wall. Hands, legs, and body. Then took pictures of him. If that wasn't enough they also duck taped his favority sippy cup to the wall, just out of his reach. They also duck taped his fists. Again....taking more pictures. Pictures with them and the duck taped fists and there they are smiling. They thought it was funny as their poor innocent son screamed and cried in terror. The two people in this world that he should never have to fear...terrorizing him. They both have jail sentences however I don't feel it was long enough. The mother got 3-5 years and the father got just a few more also because he had an illegal firearm charge and burglery. I can't imagine what I would do if I found someone duck taping my 2 year old to a wall.

I know I only have a couple people who read this blog but I had to vent about this since it was tearing my up inside. People murdering babies and parents terrorizing their own children for entertainment. It is truly a sick world that we live in. How can I make this a better place to live for my children?