I am so thrilled that Tuscan’s surgery went well. What a merciful gift from the Father. I am sure you and Jay are awed by the wonders of medical science. Tuscan is a cutie! I can’t tell if he looks more like you or Jay

Praising the Lord with you!
John

At the moment of conception a sperm penetrates an egg thereby fertilizing the egg. At that moment the genetic make-up of that baby is complete. At that very moment the fertilized egg, or zygote, is no longer just a cell or clump of cells from just the mother or just the father. It is no longer just “a part” of the mother or the father. That zygote is now a living entity (or being) that is separate and apart (identifiably by the newly created genetic makeup) from both parents and dependent on the mother for nourishment and space to grow. It is not the mother or her body. It is a human “being” at the earliest and most vulnerable stage of life. At that stage its form may be described as a few cells but its substance is pure human. It is a ‘being” and it is human. Fact via logic.

(FYI: 9 days after conception blood begins to flow. 19 days after conception the heart begins to beat. 35 days after conception tiny arm and legs begin to grow.)

We live in an era of unprecedented consumerism that has most people equating “freedom” with choice. The Founding Fathers of America intended for our freedom to be based in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom is not based in choice carte blanche.

When you cloak the termination of the life of this ‘being’ with the illusion of “choice” you open the floodgates of emotion because it is considered by the disillusioned to be a direct assault on what they perceive to be their freedom. As Americans, freedom is our most precious asset so if what we perceive to be our freedom is under attack there will necessarily be a rush to defend this “choice” or, due to its legality, what most pro-choice women consider their “right.”

Giving a woman the “right” to have an abortion is logically equivalent to giving a taxi driver the “right” to kill a person who jumped in his cab, even though his “Not in Service” light was on, because he doesn’t want to be bothered with the time, effort and inconvenience of taking the passenger where he needs to go. When a “passenger” shows up in a mother’s womb you can’t just ask them to get out.

I am not going to approach issues of incest, rape or potential death of the mother. These are exceptions to the rule and need to be addressed on an individual basis. Abortion, in and of itself, is the premeditated murder of another human being and it is wrong. Any argument to the contrary is illogical and nonsensical.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Feel free to share my poem with anyone.

You might enjoy a video I made about Joshie on his first birthday. Like your Tuscan, he had heart surgery also.

http://www.onetruemedia.com/otm_site/view_shared?p=93231b6e008325995d8cc&skin_id=701&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=email

Your son is beautiful! You are very blessed.

Good choice of middle name…thought I’d comment as edwin is my middle name! where’d it come from?

cheers, Quarterly!!!!

Many congratulaions on having recieved such a precious gift.

I was told once that the Native American indians felt that children with Downs were icons of heaven and received special honour within the tribe.

May beauty surround you and your family.

Great web site glad I finally found it