Many women facing abortion have a hard time imagining having their baby and giving her up for adoption, but this can be a termendous act of courage and love. Dear Abby recieved a heartfelt letter from a new grandmother whose daughter had adopted a baby.
“Dear Abby,
“My daughter and her husband, after years of indescribable pain and disappointment, just went to the hospital to pick up their brand-new baby girl. Their joy and happy tears would warm the coldest of hearts.
I want the birth mother to know that her love, courage and feelings of loss have not been forgotten in our moments of joy. Your baby will know from the beginning that you had choices and you chose to give her life. You performed the most unselfish act I can imagine, and I question if I would have had your strength of character.
Saying thank you seems inadequate. I wish I could put my arms around you and say “I love you” and I hope my new granddaughter inherits your heart and courage. May the rest of your life be blessed as you blessed ours.”
Adoption is an option where no one has to die. Everybody wins- the child, who gets a chance at life, he adopted family (parents, siblings, grandparents, etc) all the friends and loved ones that that child will have growing up, and the birth mother herself, who never has to deal with the guilt of having killed her baby.
Consider adoption.
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