Raising a Child With a Cleft and a Political Rant..
My youngest child was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. I have some before and after pictures of the start of his repairs in a previous post. I have a a page on HubPages that reaches out to people who have discovered that their child was going to be born with a cleft lip or palate. I usually receive an email or two a week from expectant parents and try to encourage them that everything is going to be ok.
One recent email I received was from a young lady who said because I took the time to reach out and encourage her she decided not to have an abortion. I was in tears from this email. Having dealt with the stress of surgeries and doctors appointments after the birth of Preston has been a hair raising experience at times and if it were possible for me to trade places with him and allow the doctors to work on me I would do it in a heartbeat. If we would of known that he was going to have a cleft lip and palate prior to him being born an abortion would of never been an option. That is a personal choice of mine that my wife agrees with. There is nothing more precious in this world than the unconditional love that you give and receive from your children.
Abortion to me is an aberration, I do believe it does have its place, but to terminate an unborn child’s life over a correctable situation would be unconscionable, but in todays society it takes even less than that for people to decide to have an abortion. This email though made me do some research on cleft lip children and abortions and I found a story that once again that cause me to have tears well up.
It described how doctors were given a pass for performing a late term abortion on a woman who was pregnant with a child with a cleft lip. Knowing what I do about a two year old with the most severe form of this birth defect it made me realize that I need to use my SEO skills to help spread the word on how normal a child with a cleft really is and in time everything will be ok.
If I can change just one more persons mind it is worth it.
Happy New Year - 2008
Well nothing to really say but wishing you and yours a very Happy New Year. Not going to bore you with a list of resolutions or stuff like that. My goals for ‘08 have been shared with those that need to know the most. Pressing issues may require me to do some things that I may not be looking forward to but hey that is part of life and time will keep marching on.
I have had the opportunity to network with interesting people all over the country and world in 2007 and have formed some valuable bonds and made many friends and a few enemies. None of this would of been possible without the World Wide Web and the exposure you can receive through it. Networking possibilities are endless and formations of partnerships are priceless not just in the realm of making money but also in friendship and comradery.
Some people who have influenced my decisions for the up coming year are:
Without the direct input each of these people have made upon my life I would not have the plans in place to make 2008 the best year possible for my family via the World Wide Web.
Good luck to all for the upcoming year!!
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