Yes, we're tired of winter, but it was so beautiful the other sunny morning after the storm... I am afraid that I got a bit carried away...Therese had to wear three different pairs of sun glasses before she found her own up in the costume box... so many attempts at getting the glorious frosty white scene and the cute little 2 1/2 year old looking out...then Herbie the cat joined the mix...
I was saddened on facebook yesterday by an invitation to support Planned Parenthood... NEVER! After all my years of working for the grassroots of prolife in Birthright - I learned that I was pregnant with my first daughter...as I was being taught how to do a pregnancy test, and Ruth just turned 31 a month and a half ago! Basically for my entire marriage I have been an active member of Birthright - answering the phone in my home, and working the first Monday night of each month at the office! How saddened I am at the lies and cover up that Planned Parenthood does to promote abortion - telling girls and women that it is just a clump of tissue and not a baby with arms, legs and a beating heart! 
I have been reading a book - Unplanned by Abby Johnson... about her journey across the battle line from being a leader in Planned Parenthood and then after watching the demise of a baby on ultrasound plus a lot of prayers outside her clinic - she came to the Prolife stance... It is very exciting to read her perspective on how people are touched and changed from the culture of death to the culture of life... By loving and constant prayer and reaching out to those on the other side of the fence without the ugly and dramatic "grim reaper" or horrific pictures of mangled babies after abortion...
An article in the Catholic Servant that just arrived has some heartwrenching statistics... "The total of appoximately 55 million human beings that never had the chance to see the light of day is almost impossible to fathom. A recent report indicates that 41 percent of pregnancies in New York City end in abortion. There are many reasons that this has continued for so long. The fact that it is hidden proves the dictum "out of sight, out of mind." If we saw the remains of the 3,300 daily abortions of the news, this would have ended immediately." Fr Michael Miller
"The life in the womb is naturally destined to become life in the world is not a matter of faith, it is a matter of reason. It is as the Declaration of Independence puts it: self-evident: 'We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life,Liberty,and the pursuit of Happiness.'" Fr Michael Miller
People say to me - How can the stand for life infuence your vote for a candidate over all else? Aren't there other issues that should enter into your decision... like for the poor or the downtrodden? No! How can anything even come close to the taking of 3,300 innocent lives every day in our country? I am sick at the thought! How can we make a difference?
http://www.40daysforlife.com/twincities/ This website is a group that prays outside of abortion clinics and this group was instrumental in changing the heart of Abby Johnson... take some time to look at it and consider going up to take a time slot and be involved! 
Jesus, my heart is sick at the loss of innocent life! Use me to your honor and glory to make a difference in the fight for LIFE and bring the culture of life within our homes and then into our world! Protect the life in the womb this day, and may women that are considering harming this little one - come to know the Truth of life and love! Jesus, we trust in you! Amen and Halleluia!
"I would now like to say a word to women who had an abortion. The Church is aware of the many factors which may have influenced your decision, and she does not doubt that in many cases it was a painful and even shattering decision. The wound in your heart may not yet have healed. Certainly what happened was and remains terribly wrong. But do not give in to discouragement and do not lose hope. Try rather to understand what happened and face it honestly. If you have not already done so, give yourselves over with humility and trust to repentence. The Father of mercies is ready to give you His forgiveness and His peace in the Sacrament of Reconcilliation. To the same Father and to His mercy you can, with sure hope, entrust your child. With the friendly and expert help and advise of other people, and as a result of your own painful experience, you can be among the most eloquent defenders of everyone's right to life. Through your commitment to life, whether by accepting the birth of other children or by welcoming and caring for those most in need of someone to be close to them, you will become promoters of a new way of looking at human life." Venerable John Paul II - The Gospel of Life - Evangelium Vitae
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