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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mother's Day

I have two children, both adopted, and both "unwanted" except by their birthmothers, or at least they both ignored strong family pressure to have abortions. Both birth mothers had serious problems, one drugs and the other mental illness. Both my children are at risk of complications in their life because of it. My wife and I had to choose, with as full a knowledge as possible, to parent these two.

I am deeply saddened when healthy parents choose to abort healthy children because it is financially difficult. Our family is in financial difficulties because of the choice we made to have children, but our finances will get better and we have two wonderful children who will be with us for the rest of our lives. Some say we "bought" our children, and if so it was the best purchase we ever made and every day I am grateful to the two mothers who made a choice that let two wonderful kids live.

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