A Meaningful Saturday…This is how we roll.
This Saturday was one of our favorites. We did ‘nothing’ and everything. No one left the house.
Couple Sues Because Their Child Was… Born.
A couple in Oregon are suing the hospital because their child was born with Down’s Syndrome. A CVS test during pregnancy said that the baby was healthy. Therefore, the couple went ahead with the birth. Now, after the baby was born with Down’s Syndrome, they are suing the hospital saying they would have aborted the child if they had known it had the birth defect.
FAQs for God
This post is written by my high school friend, Brandon Clay. In high school, we had our faith in God in common. We had no idea, 17 years later, we would share in suffering and new hope. This is a beautiful article on the honest questions we ask.
Our son, Knox Haddon, was born full term with no complications. Aside from being slightly underweight, nothing suggested he would live a different sort of life. A few weeks after his birth, our pediatrician noticed something strange in his eyes: there was no red reflex. It’s the same red-eye effect seen in some pictures – what normal eyes are supposed to do. Instead, Knox had infant cataracts which prevented the red reflex. Without surgery, the cataracts would obstruct his vision for the rest of his life.
We opted for the surgeries to save his sight. Two surgeries eventually turned into five surgeries to correct other complications with his eyes. The lenses were removed and he could only see with the help of contacts or glasses. All of this happened before his 6 month birthday.
But that wasn’t all.
Difficult Life Decisions
Throughout our journey with Kennady, we have made several key decisions.
I remember like it was yesterday sitting in the doctor’s office while he explained Kennady’s condition for the first time. Erica was 30 weeks pregnant and we had so many wonderful aspirations for our first baby as we entered that appointment. Now, 45 minutes later our world was caving in. We were shell shocked. At this point, he only believed her to have a condition called hydrocephalus (fluid on the brain). This condition causes a lot of developmental issues because there is so much pressure on the brain.
He ran through the list of possible blindness, no hearing, mental retardation, no mobility, and so on. This list was long and daunting. At one point, I literally pinched myself thinking I was dreaming. I wanted to simply go outside, reenter the building and start the appointment all over again. Surely, they had something wrong. In the middle of my wondering, I heard the doctor say, there is one other option.
A GRAND Revelation
Written by Rob Steele (Kennady’s “Granddad”)
At this point in my spiritual journey, Kennady is probably the most meaningful person in my life. For ten years I have prayed that God would miracuously transform her into the normal human functionality. I made deals with Him, finally hitting on one that I thought would be just right and that He would surely honor. I said “God, Let her have the choice to love you like everyone else has, it’s her birthright as a human.” Of course, somewhere down in my mind I knew that if she could do that she would have all the other abilities inherant with that level of thought.
Then one day while praying for her, God spoke to my spirit and said, “I have given Kennady to those who love her as an example of what you are to become. Instead of asking me to drag her down into the fallen state of mankind, seek instead to become like her. She is perfected in me.”
Kennady is now my beacon of light, an impossible hope in my human state who beckons me on to attain that which we were created for, not becoming one with humanity but becoming one with our creator.
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