A family member and I were having a discussion of sorts on Facebook, and it involved this image[warning: it's a shocking image]. The discussion itself isn’t material to this post (it started with a misunderstanding, which is never a good place to begin), but it’s been a while since I’ve expressed myself on a moral issue here on this blog. I thought it was time I took a public stance on something that has always been important to me, but lately it’s been on my mind to an even greater degree (one guess as to why). Here’s my response to part of the discussion:
“…for the record, I started to tear up looking at some of the images that organization is using – they’re horrific and shocking. But they’re reality – a reality that people don’t like to think about. It’s too easy to think of abortion as a routine clinical procedure. It’s not – it involves two heartbeats and two brains (depending on when it’sdone). Two sets go in, one set comes out. That’s the hard reality, regardless of how you define “life”.
I don’t see how any rational person could look at those images and not see a tiny human being, every bit as worthy as life as Logan or any other baby is. It was darkly ironic that the route we took for all of Ashley’s pregnancy check-ups took us past the Kensington clinic. My heart ached every time I drove past it, knowing that we were on our way to care for a life, while in that place a life was ending.
I think society as a whole should wrestle with the morality of all important issue, forever. Capital punishment, abortion, euthanasia…taking important issues for granted, assuming that there’s only one “right” answer, is a dangerous road to walk down.”
I hope that regardless of how anyone reading this blog feels about the emotion-laden issue of abortion, respect for all viewpoints is foremost in everyone’s mind when posting a comment.
Earlier this week Logan has his first baby shower, and Ashley and I were blown away at the generosity shown by the friends and family that attended. Logan received books, toys, and a lot of new clothes. That’s a good thing, because he’s growing so fast he’s already not fitting in many of his newborn clothes – and he’s not quite six weeks old yet! We had him weighed and measured last week, and he was 10 pounds and 22 inches long. Could you imagine gaining 25% of your body weight and 10% of your height in only five weeks? It’s amazing how fast babies grow – and Logan has another 18 years or so of growing to do.
If you’ve never played an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game), you won’t find this video as funny as I do, but if you have any background in online gaming, you’ll appreciate the clever lyrics. And if you’ve never checked out The Guild, you should – it’s absolutely hilarious!
Today the courier delivered to us perhaps the cutest shoes ever made! They’re from my uncle and aunt, who are far away in Phoenix, Arizona, and should fit Logan when he’s in the 16-20 month range…I’m tempted to put them on him now because they’re so adorable.
Oh Costco, what would we do without you? Even when you’re out of the normal 96 pack of kleenex we’d normally buy, you still offer us the smaller 48 pack. Thanks for being there for us Costco!
“Below we present a selection of some of the most bizarre adverts, requests and personals listed on the site – from the elderly woman looking for a lodger to live in her bathroom, to the man selling 1,300 Pope hats. While some were undoubtedly posted as pranks, they still reflect the spirit of a website that proudly keeps itself open to all internet life.”
CagePotato has a great collection of MMA fight photos that show the exact moment many fighters take a punch – it’s amazing the things our eyes see but our brain simply can’t process because it happens so fast. This is what you get when you have dozens of photographers around the ring, all snapping away with high-end DSLR cameras: the exact moment of truth when a punch lands. Some great pics!
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