Sometimes things can seem so big and impossible, one doesn't know where to begin. So if you read that when a person is 'genetically counseled' that their child, in utero, has Down syndrome, 93% of these people choose to kill their child, how do you fight that?
Well, I have finally realized that everyone starts somewhere. I was at the gym the other day and saw an article about a girl who simply read a statistic about the violence against women in the Congo. Beside the article was a picture of her in the Congo, running. She started a fund by running races, and there she was doing something about it.
I have asked God to help me do something about bringing the positive to light about people with Down syndrome so that the genocide against them would lessen....maybe one day...cease?
So I talked to my darling husband and I have decided to learn more about becoming a Parent Liaison for the Down Syndrome Association of Atlanta. It's a starting place, right?
Listen, you have to understand....it all started back when we were pregnant, and we were asked several times if we wanted to 'keep' our daughter or 'terminate' her. Can you imagine someone asking you that about your child? It's time to do something. Perhaps sometime in the future, run a program that counsels the genetic counselers, perinatologists, and Ob/Gyn groups on how to discuss this diagnosis in a positive way and talk about all of the beautiful and wonderful things people with Down syndrome achieve in and contribute to our society.
God is big. Bigger than me. Thank goodness!
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