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Termination of my pregnancy was offered to me so many times I lost count. My unborn child had a 98% chance for Down Syndrome.
The specialists listed her markers clinically; thick neck, short limbs and heart complications. Constant reminders that these pregnancies terminate themselves often and without warning.
Not once did they connect me with families raising children with Down syndrome. Not once did they mention joy.
Three years later I’m still stunned by the contrast of their grim predictions…
I’ve been struggling the last few days. That high level of frustration getting the better of me. I like to be honest and upfront. Since not everyday is sunshine and flowers. Sometimes it’s more like heavy rain and thorns.
Laws that would require pornography websites to verify the age of their users are incredibly popular among the general public.
80% of all Americans are in favor.
Most supportive:
LDS: 92%
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To all you fathers who woke up today, wiped the tears from your eyes, and the blood off your cheek—I see you.
God sees you.
This is sonship.
This is the battle.
When I refused to be jabbed while also being evaluated for a kidney transplant, I was subjected to 7 hours worth of interviews to assess my rationality. I was well armed with data thanks to the doctors and scientists who held the line. Ultimately, the transplant team accepted me. I am writing this comment from my hospital bed having received a wonderfully working gift of life 9 days ago. There are good people wanting to serve humanity, but they have been lied to and used. When they awaken - and…
"We must arise as the most powerful source of love and forgiveness humanity has ever experienced." Forgive. We must forgive. You speak truth. We must do it for our own souls amd sanity, but we also must do it for the healing of society. There are some I have already forgiven, there are others who I pray to forgive, and still others where I need more space and healing. That last class are those who perpetuated this othering and who played a part in turning the ordinary person against us al…
So very beautifully stated, Jennifer. I agree. Forgiveness is the beginning of healing.
Forgive? Why forgive those who take no responsibility or apologize. Without that, "forgiveness" is a feel good fantasy.
Greg, when I finally forgave someone (in my heart) after 30 years for the cruelty he perpetrated on me, I was able to rid myself of the ball and chain I had carried all those years. This was no "feel good fantasy". It felt more like I had been liberated and made free again.
I appreciate that Grace, but I think of that as a blessed letting go, not forgiveness. I think forgiving someone is relational, and when someone takes responsibility and apologizes, forgiving can happen. The perpetrator needs to do that. I see forgiving as relational. Maybe it doesn't matter what we call it, but your release does not, to my mind, bestow forgiveness to the one who was cruel. He or she have to come to terms with that themselves. Glad you are free of that ball and chain.