Reclaiming Our Children: A Blog About Healing After Abortion

Just a couple of notes I have gotten from people who have attended our recent retreats….as I have said before, it is a great blessing  to stand at the foot of the cross with those who come..they have given permission to share some thoughts in the hopes that others will reach out…Thanks be to God for all…

“And as for me, well, I was
profoundly changed.  I am still sorting out how it will affect me going
forward, but epiphany is not too strong a word.  And yet, it all seemed so
subtle, and peaceful, that the change didn’t hit me like a brick (well, there
was one instance, but that’s a long story, and the Lord needed to whop me
upside the head to get me to drop the facade I was wearing when I first got
there).  The bottom line is, as I was journaling the events on Sunday evening,
I realized that I could think of my children as my children – not as my
abortion and my miscarriage, but as Michael Alexander and Catherine Alexandra,
respectively (and she is frustrated with me, since I think I sometimes
spell her name with a K, and I’m not sure they like their nicknames – MAP and
CAP, their initials, giggle!).  Putting their names in the book, knowing
where it had been and where it was going – if I had had more time (it was
midnight on Saturday), I would have read all the names and inscriptions.
But more than that, it was also the first time I really
talked to them.  And then the candles on Sunday – I felt I was giving them
to the Lord.  Them – real people – not my sins, but my real
children.”  Julie

“It has now been just two weeks since the
day of prayer and healing for those who
aborted due to a poor prenatal diagnosis. I don’t know if it is customary for participants to
reach out afterwards, but somehow I feel
the need to thank you for having this day. When you’re in the middle of conflicted thoughts and
emotions, sometimes it is just too easy
to forget to say thanks to the good Samaritans who stop by the side of the road. I don’t know what perceptions you were left
with at the end of the day, but I just
wanted you to know that your efforts are appreciated and have not gone by
unnoticed. Thanks for caring.” Lucy