I never knew...

Before I had a child with Down syndrome, I was uneducated. There was so much I just did not know. Why should I know? The statistics didn't matter to me then and they did not affect me at all. But know? Well, know I know. I know just how many people would choose not to have a child like mine if they knew prenatally that child would be born with Down syndrome.

90% of all women who KNOW while they are pregnant their child will have Down syndrome will choose to end that child's life. Snuff it out and carry on. It breaks my heart. I am in tears right now just writing about it.

Abortion breaks my heart. Period. But, when you add in the factor that so many people think a child with Down syndrome is not worthy of life, it really, really tugs at my heart strings.

I think back to the children that I have been touched by who were simply angels on loan from God and were called home entirely too soon. Babies like Gabby, and little boys like Ike. Their mothers wanted nothing more than to have their children with them and, yet, somehow, for whatever reason, their wants were not answered. And then those babies that are never born, their wants were never answered. It hurts.

God bless Gabby's family and Ike's family (she passed this year and he has been gone 4 years now).