Planned Parenthood

Shared from the Planned Parenthood FB Page: When taxpayer money only covers abortion in cases of rape, incest or to save life of the mother, and when only 3% of Planned Parenthood's services are for abortion care (the other 97% includes cancer screenings, STD testing, and comprehensive sex education), it is just plain wrong to cut off health care access to tens of thousands of women. http://loyalopposition.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/08/the-abortion-excuse/ I'm not I quite understand that limitation that man wants to put on abortion. "They" say it's ok in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother, but isn't that playing God? Who are you to decide which morally based reason are acceptable? Does your bible tell you that you have the right to make those decisions in circumstances you see fit? To quote a friend, you either believe life starts at conception or not. It's not a gray area. But on the other hand, it only helps prove the point they are morons and shouldn't be making decisions for someone else's body based on the moral code of their religious doctrine. The law should be based on the constitution.

The Mothers Day after Christopher was killed I came downstairs to this gift that Cory had left me, which is 5 bamboo shoots twisted together. 5 is significant because that's how many our in our family: Roy, me, Bryan, Christopher and Cory. He left a note with the gift that reads "No matter where we go, no matter where life takes us, through all the ups & downs and twists and turns, the five of us will always grow strong. Happy Mothers Day. Love, Bryan, Chris & Cory". I noticed a few months later that one of the shoots had died, and I thought that was rather ironic. I just thought I'd share it here.

Lessons Learned

The most fascinating lesson I learned along my grief journey so far, is the one in psychology. Grief has not only taught me a lot about myself, it has taught me a lot about you. Here are the two greatest lessons I’ve learned: • I know you are insensitive if you tell me (as a non-grieving parent) that you know what I feel like – and you argue with me when I tell you that you don’t. You don’t send a son to war and not wonder what you would do if you lost him. What I imagined and what I am feeling…a million times worse than what I thought it would be. You don’t know. Please don’t minimize my feelings by pretending you do. • I see a glimpse of your marriage as I watch you react to my daughter-in-laws widow status. If you tell me how young she is and will find someone new, I know you don’t love your husband like I love mine or like she loves hers. However, when you tear up at seeing the hurt in the 20 year old widows eye who not only buried her husband, but her unborn children and their lives together, I know how much you love your marriage.