Thanks for coming by my blog. It seems like I had a triple threat perfect storm this week. The anniversary of my abortion, a really deep week of Bible Study and Hormonal menopausal moments all wrapped into one. Thankfully it was also filled with Rosh Hashanah, Day of Redemption and Grandchildren. Grief is a process that I welcome. And one I think most Post Abortive Women neglect. After my last post, I had such a wonderful dream with my baby in my arms. I cherish those moments that show God's grace to me. Just a silly little dream can change my whole outlook at times. I have had wonderful healing experiences and was a Post Abortion Syndrome counselor for years. I love the Bible Study "Women in Ramah" it is so healing. And a sad day doesn't mean you are wrestling with your conscience or God's forgiveness, just that today you are missing someone you dearly love, just like any other grieving mother. I like what Somerschool was trying to get out there, in the realm of homeschooling. Abortion and compassion for abortive women is something that needs to be taught. Mostly because Christian teens for fear of what their parents and their church might say, get abortions. The Churches need to embrace pregnant teens, not judge and scorn them. They need to see that we are Christ's disciples by our love for one another. They need to know we are there for them.  In action it looks a little like this... when my daughter became pregnant with her sixth child, her greatest concern was what would she wear since she had given all her maternity clothes to the pregnant teens in her husband's youth group. Check out your church's youth group, or even your homeschool group, are pregnant teens welcome? Because you know the local abortion clinics are making them feel very welcome. Do they know that the Love of God includes them and their babies? Or are the same ridicules, stares and judgments they get out in the world also in the church? Do your homeschooled children help at the local crisis center? Just washing donated maternity clothes and baby clothes or scrubbing donated baby furniture frees up a counselor to be with a frightened girl in the waiting room.  Do your kids walk for life?  Little things mean a lot. And mostly do they know that when they come home and tell you that they are pregnant or that their girlfriend is pregnant that you will hold them, cry with them and stand beside them, labor with them? Unconditional love means just that. If God calls children a blessing, are we teaching our children that all children are blessings? When you hold a grandchild, you will be amazed at how the circumstances of their creation are not even a whisper in your heart. Love truly does cover a multitude of sins and celebrates a multitude of blessings. It is by our love that the world will know that we are Christians. Just something to ponder and perhaps encourage you along the way.