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To: Edwarda who wrote (961)	9/7/1999 8:25:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6418

>My mother and I are the only people I know who are willing to do more than exhort. People willing to change their lives to offer an alternative. I find this frightening.< I would bet that such acts of heroism are happening throughout the world. I think that is wonderful. But there are many in America who would require this sort of choice, at which time it is no longer a choice. There is a continuum between narcissism and martyrdom ... and somewhere (at a different place for each of us) lies self-respect. I babble.

To: Edwarda who wrote (961)	9/7/1999 8:47:00 PM
From: Neenny	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 6418

My mother and I are the only people I know who are willing to do more than exhort. People willing to change their lives to offer an alternative. Edwarda, add me to that list. Several years ago, we opened up our house to an expectant mother. She was putting the baby up for adoption, but needed a place to live, until the baby was born. She was from a different city, and wanted to keep her pregnancy as quiet as possible. She lived in my home for several months. I know that her experience living in my home changed her life, and the lives of others in her family. I was the birth coach for this woman when she delivered her baby. An experience I will never forget, especially when all my children were born via C-sections. I know where this child lives in the neighboring town, and have friends that know the family, but they do not know of my knowledge about the birth mother and her circumstances. It was a great experience for my family, we would do it again. We are willing to open our home to support our convictions, that if one takes a stand against abortion, there needs to be alternatives to back up that view, by helping to fulfill the needs of the expectant mom. ~~Neenny~~ (wonder how many people just unbookmarked my name.....) Edit: Although I personally have never had an abortion, I cannot speak from experience on that perspective. But I know that members of my family have had children aborted. I paid for one of those abortions when I was in college. I sat in the waiting room and cried for the life of that child, and at the reality that my money was paying for it's life to be terminated. I now wonder why I did not support my sister emotionally by going to my parents with her, but chose to support the abortion industry. I know she still thinks about the "what if's" regarding that child. Her son/daughter would have been entering college this year. I wish I knew the statastics on post-abortive women and the effects of that abortion on their lives.