Sanctity of Life Sunday - 1/24/2011

  As I sit here thinking of the ultimate choice that my mom made to give my two sisters and myself life. I also think about the children who weren't given that chance or that choice to live. I think of the many of other women, who ache for a child and can never have a child of their own. In being that I'm in a poetic and thought provoking mood, I am going to pen a poem in my attempt to get the joy along with sorrows of being pregnant and losing a child. While I've never had an abortion, I do know what goes with losing a child. In writing this, I am praying for God's guidance and help.

She Cries
By Jennifer Cormier

She was just 19 years old, a life was beginning to grow inside her.
She was engaged, he wasn't the man God had for her.
She loved him, but he beat her and cheated on her.
Until one night, enough was enough, she ended it with him.
He broke her heart, her body, and the life growing inside her.
She cried for days, months, and years mourning the one life that should of been.

Some years, later she was older and wiser or so she thought.
There was a new man in her life, she told all he was different he loved her.
Soon again, she saw wedding rings and the promises of a new future.
He broke her heart, he was married and had children of his' own.
She soon found, there were two lives this time growing inside her.
The stress of this new man, his wife, and everything was too much for her to bear.
He broke her heart, her mind, and the life growing inside her stopped.
She cried for days, months, and years mourning the three lives that should of been.

In 2008, she married the man who God had planned for her.
He loved her, and she loved him.
They lived in a tiny apartment with two cats.
Soon they found out their was a life growing inside her, they kept it a secret knowing the girl's past loss.
Two days, after the girl's birthday, her heart broke again.
This time it wasn't the man who broke her heart, but the life who was no more.
They asked the doctor "Why?" and underwent test.
She cried for days and months mourning the four lives that should of been.

But God had a miracle in store for them, there was still a life growing inside her.
The life was the smaller of the two lives, the one she was mourning, crying, and yearning for.
The doctor's said, "Your both healthy, strong, and we'll keep a close eye on you two."
They kept a close eye on her and the life growing inside her.
The first time, the man and woman saw their child, they cried tears of joy for the life that was there.

The ultra-sound tech said, "The fetus appears to be healthy with a good strong heart beat."
She corrected the tech, "It's not a fetus, please don't call our baby that. Please call our child a baby."
The man and woman, went to every appointment together and always called their child "Baby"
The life growing inside her, would never be a tissue, a blob, a fetus, or anything else the life could be called.
The life growing inside her was a child, a baby, and a human.
The life was soon grown enough to survive in our world.
The delivery was hard and long, a surgery was needed to save both mom and child.
The man was there in the Operating Room, when the life was born.
The baby was perfect, with almost perfect Apgar scores, with her twelve toes that the doctor forgot to count.
She cried this time, for joy of the life that was, is, and would be.
Their baby was born, a family was born, the life began at the moment of conception.
They were as complete as they could be.
She still cries for the four lives that could of been, but mostly she cries tears of joy for the life that is.