I came across a couple of pretty awesome stories recently. The Telegraph this week has a rather unusual, but very encouraging story about the “Britain’s smallest mother” (pictured here). She refused to have an abortion despite significant health risks and gave birth to a beautiful baby boy who, after only a year, is already bigger than she is! “But,” she … Read More
A Rose for Christi
According to the latest figures more than 90% of babies pre-natally diagnosed with Down syndrome are aborted – never allowed to see the light of day – in the UK. I’d be willing to bet that the numbers here in the US are not far below that. Keep that in mind when you watch the sweet story of Christi Hockel … Read More
1,2,3 Curahee!
God bless our troops! Pray for our wounded warriors and help support them if you can!! (h/t Gianna Jessen) On that note, I’m off to watch The Hurt Locker and make rosaries to send to our troops. See my previous war related posts: Fighting for Life in a Time of War War Through the Eyes of Our Soldiers
Kill the Pain, Not the Patient
13-year-old Lia Mills is one smart cookie! Lia mentions the use of euthanasia in Nazi Germany: see my post Holocaust Lessons Not Learned h/t CMR. See Lia’s award winning speech on abortion. Related: I Will be a Voice, Will You? – featuring more young pro-life voices.
“God Made Me Blind and Unable to Walk…Big Deal”
I don’t know who is more inspiring, Patrick, just for simply being who God made him, or his father for the sacrifices he makes to help his son realize his dreams: h/t Jen’s Links (she finds so many wonderful things!)
Ditto:
“My legs may have been taken from me, but my life wasn’t. For that I will be forever grateful.” – Megan McCauley (The Paraplegic Chef) That reminds me of this video from quadriplegic Geno Rodgers who highlights some incredible adventures he has been on since his injury: Related post: Life…”In a Wheelchair”
Life…”in a Wheelchair”
Well, folks, this week marks ten years since the accident that permanently damaged my spinal cord and left me paralyzed from the chest down. I didn’t have time to write yesterday, the day of the actual anniversary, but on my mind was something a friend of mine said to me recently. We’ve only really known each other for a few … Read More
TOB Tuesday: Suffering as a Gift from God
This is an excellent article from Steve Pokorny at Catholic Exchange. A bit of an intro: Throughout human history, since Adam and Eve, there has been the temptation to want to take the powers of life into our own hands. There is the insidious idea that is floated through our fallible minds that if we manipulate things to our liking, … Read More
Man Trapped In 23-Year ‘Coma’ Was Conscious
This is more than slightly disturbing, given the number of people who approve of having people with similar diagnoses starved to death: Rom Houben was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state after a car crash left him totally paralysed. For the whole time, he was trapped in his own body with no way of letting friends and family know … Read More
Father Gives Up Fight for Son’s Life
Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. –Isaiah 49:15 Tragically, a severely disabled child in the UK, known only as “RB”, will soon be killed after his father withdrew his case against the boy’s mother who wants to have his ventilator removed. By … Read More