An article about a woman who takes beautiful pictures of babies who have died just as soon as they are born, as a memory for the grieving family:
Many people find the idea of photographing deceased children morbid, and I respect this view. But these grief-stricken parents must, for the most part, leave the hospital empty-handed. This life they dreamed of and hoped for stays behind – in the morgue. While other parents leave clutching a treasured bundle, the families I photograph take only a baby hat, footprints and handprints, and a tiny hospital bracelet. My photos are powerful. My photos are proof. They say to one and all: This life was lived, even if only in utero. This life mattered. This baby was our baby and we love him.
Pro-choice folks make fun of pro-lifers. They call us “fetus fetishists” and other odd assorted names. But is it so funny to consider these fetuses as lives lived, even if only in utero? Is it so risible to envision that those lives matter? It’s simply consistent when pro-life people step back and say these lives matter, wanted or unwanted. It’s not so strange to think of the fetus in the womb as a life lived. This article shows that really well.
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I was in a Shopper’s Drug Mart today, and I overheard the cosmetics woman telling another customer about holding her newborn child in her arms in the hospital while the baby took its last breathe. The woman replied, “That’s beautiful.” I have no idea in what context this was being discussed, but it WAS beautiful.
I’ve been spending too much time lately reading pro-abortion blogs, and I was really starting to feel like the world at large just doesn’t “get it”. This story, the comments that followed show me that people, most people, caring people do get it.
A person’s a person no matter how small.
Someone I know is the mother of twin baby girls, one of whom lived for only 10 days. The “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep” volunteer was a godsend to this family, getting to know them and sharing their grief over the course of those few days. The memorial service was enriched by the many beautiful photos of the babies & extended family members, and that day they were given a CD of about 80 special photos, which they will cherish forever. God Bless Them!