Happy Mother's Day

Mother’s Day has got to be my favorite holiday.  It’s the one where we sit back and are told well done. It may be hard today.  Your child may be sick, ungrateful, cranky, but joy comes in the morning.  You get your mother’s day.  You’ve earned it.

I gave birth to my 7th child in March. I would have been thrilled anyway, but was extra happy that she was born healthy.  My sixth child hadn’t been so fortunate, and after 6 ½ seizure-filled months, she died.  So I’m in the strange position of having had seven children, but really having only six. 

And I’m used to the stares and the head counts, and I feel what women who don’t have husbands but do have many children must fell like; people can’t look at you and know your situation.  I also had a tumultuous youth where my irresponsible acts left me pregnant before I was ready.  I know what all that stuff feels like, and I unfortunately know what abortion is like up close and personal.

So I know that if Barack Obama knew what he was talking about, he would not so cavalierly thrown out that irresponsible remark about not having his daughters punished with a baby.  Having lost three children, one to abortion, one to miscarriage, and one to brain damage, I must say that the baby is not the punishment, but rather the reward.

Now we’re back to the issue that makes it impossible for me to support Obama.  I can't support Hilary Clinton, who views abortion as a female empowerment issue. Can I support McCain?  I had heard that he was as liberal as a Republican can be, so I had to check the one issue that means anything to me. 

And here’s what I found.  In 1993, the McCains adopted a girl from Sister Teresa’s orphanage.  She has not surprisingly been a blessing to their family.  I read about McCain and his family back before the Michigan primary, and I found it hard to be against him in light of this one view. 

Because babies are not obstacles to a better life.  They are life itself, and if you are blessed enough to conceive one, you should not deceive yourself into calling it a curse.  And if you have the presence of mind to see a baby for what it truly is, you owe it to others to spread that news.

Happy Mother's Day