Pro Choice

When this pregnancy began and we were made aware of all of the risks involved and the potential outcomes there was a look that all of our doctors shared. That look had a message and that message was to terminate the pregnancy and not go through all of the pain, fear and uncertainty that moving forward was sure to bring. I was shocked at how straight faced a person could be about ending a pregnancy and that it was seemingly just another medical procedure to them. This is something that I really struggle with in society today. Almost as much as I struggle with not having Clover Press Coffee in all Starbucks. I just want to ask, "How far would you go to protect your child?" I don't see how medically speaking you can differentiate between a child in the womb and a child riding a bike in your driveway. But it seems medical professionals have a wall up and can think about a baby in the womb as something other than human until it is delivered. I am sorry but in real life I don't see how you can think about things any other way after you see and feel and know that there is a baby growing in your wife. It is an interesting conversation to have in the strict moral and political sense but when you throw the connection of parenthood into the mix the decision seems pretty easy. So, I titled this blog Pro-Choice and I titled it that because there are some choices that I have made and I hope we would all make. I choose to fight for my children, in the womb and out. I choose to take responsibility, even when life is not fair. I choose to sacrifice for those around me. I choose to respect a life that I have been given stewardship over. If I were being honest the thought of ending this pregnancy did cross my mind, but in the end that was the lazy choice for me and in life the lazy way is rarely the most rewarding. So I choose to answer to call of parenthood because whether I like it or not God seems to think I am ready. I just hope He rewards me with Clover Press at every Starbucks.