tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post5473435771693274510..comments2023-10-02T06:17:13.341-04:00Comments on Postabortion journey, walk with me...: Postabortive with a side of Post Election Stress DisorderInfiniteGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-46136412692132834372012-11-19T15:28:44.318-05:002012-11-19T15:28:44.318-05:00Humbled to tears. Thank you.Humbled to tears. Thank you.InfiniteGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-796414266603772492012-11-19T15:28:17.380-05:002012-11-19T15:28:17.380-05:00Thank you so much for your prayers and confidence....Thank you so much for your prayers and confidence. I day dream about posting what I really want on Facebook, etc. The bigger dream is to speak what I feel out loud to someone who may challenge me on it, or maybe I should start with someone who won't.InfiniteGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-9265670010741383042012-11-19T15:27:05.859-05:002012-11-19T15:27:05.859-05:00That's kind of what I think might happen if I ...That's kind of what I think might happen if I were to bring it up to my Mom. I think she will either deny it ever happened at all because in my family - if you deny something - it isn't true. Or she would turn it around on me and say I wanted the abortion. The answer to that scares me a bit because I'm not sure if I ever did for even a second "want it," but who knows. I beat myself up about it all the time still. I have to keep reminding myself that I didn't have a choice no matter what anyway. I did go to the March for Life last year. No one that I went with knew the real reason for my being there. I thought it would be horrible and was quite surprised when I found joy in most of it. I plan on going again this year.InfiniteGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04365787251323492813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-17730056194168347812012-11-14T22:42:51.314-05:002012-11-14T22:42:51.314-05:00I found your blog yesterday, when I googled 'h...I found your blog yesterday, when I googled 'how to write my abortion story'. Thank you. Your bravery gave me the strength to write my story and for the first time speak it in all it's sad and broken detail. What you are doing, right now, matters. Whether you ever go 'public' or not, in my life you made a difference. I am 16 years, 1 month and 10 days post abortive and you helped me share things that I haven't even aloud myself to think much less write or, God forbid, speak. So, thank you, and please don't stop!Bttrfly1976https://www.blogger.com/profile/03245444781202450754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-46084411209437217612012-11-12T00:52:24.881-05:002012-11-12T00:52:24.881-05:00This faithful Catholic thing is not for the faint ...This faithful Catholic thing is not for the faint of heart, and you are doing great. You will get your sea legs. Just give it a little time. And I love that you are tentatively putting some pro-life stuff on your facebook. I had a dear (scared) friend who finally took the plunge and really "came out" as Catholic on her fb. It was so frightening at first, but most of her friends stuck with her. Now she is loud and proud, ha ha! You have so much to say, so much to offer. When you are ready, you are going to do amazing things for the Kingdom. I will keep praying for you. Leila@LittleCatholicBubblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09357573787143230160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-53020313886214083752012-11-11T23:06:34.122-05:002012-11-11T23:06:34.122-05:00Found your blog via Holy Souls Hermitage.
Thanks ...Found your blog via Holy Souls Hermitage.<br /><br />Thanks for your post. I was heartbroken that Obama will have a second term. I have also had an abortion. I converted to the Catholic faith in 2008. I love the Catholic Faith! But, at the same time I am depressed by the numbers of Catholics who supported Obama not only the first time around, but the second. Even prolife people I know, even Knights of Columbus members in my parish. I feel actual grief that these people are so deluded. And I feel angry that there has been so little Church teaching and homilies on the subject by our priests (at least in our diocese).<br /><br />I applaud you for having the courage to make this journey, though. It is wrenching at times. Sometimes God's grace overwhelms me, sometimes I feel the remorse of the abortion so intensely I can hardly stand it.<br /><br />One of the ways I felt I could work through having had an abortion would be to attend the March for Life. I have gone three times now. The first time was traumatic. I could hardly breathe half the time. It felt like a pilgrimage of penance, and I was a pitiful wreck. I thank God for my husband, who understood why I was not at my best. The next year I made a big sign with a rosary that said, 'Blessed is the fruit of your womb' and carried it nearly the whole marching route. I have not yet been able to carry the signs that say 'I regret my abortion'. One step at a time.<br /><br />What I have also been able to do is to speak to friends, one-on-one about having had an abortion. And more often than not, they quietly reply that they too have had one, and how much it still pains them to think about what they did.<br /><br />I came of age in the same decade that Roe v Wade was decided. My mom was a typical 'burn your bra' type of feminist. She was all for abortion. She herself had two of them while in her forties. When I began to argue the prolife position with her in recent years, she would respond with a certain amount of venom and even threatened to reveal that I had had an abortion to my children (they are in college and beyond). I made the decision to sit them down and tell them about it. They were shocked, because all they had ever known was my prolife stance. But, it freed me to talk to my mom openly, with my children present. She asked me why I was so prolife now, and I told her of my grief and pain and regret. She replied that many woman do not suffer at all. I felt that at her age (in her 70s now) she has not been able to come to terms or even examine the emotional and spiritual repercussion of abortion. Like so many, she has compartmentalized what she did. She refuses to look at any prolife literature or statistics. She does not want to deal with it, so in many ways it deals with her.<br /><br />Anyway, you are not alone. God bless you, and I will visit again.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4515795942844142992.post-33706195765104505272012-11-10T12:50:56.566-05:002012-11-10T12:50:56.566-05:00God bless you. Jesus called his apostles and disc...God bless you. Jesus called his apostles and disciples out of their normal world into His life and work. I'm sure they had to leave stubborn and blind people behind and it hurt. But they stuck with it and that's what we have to do. Standing up for God in this world isn't popular and a lot of times, not fun. But once God has opened our hearts, staying silent becomes unthinkable. We're the Church Militant. We have to take up our sacred liturgy, our Rosaries, our adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and our prayerlife or we will, for sure, fall into the pit. Isn't it great that Pope Benedict has set this year as the Year of Faith so we can deepen our understanding of Church teaching and fulfill our mission as Christians better. Just focus on that and don't let Satan distract you. I don't want to give him an ounce of satisfaction.Barb Schoenebergerhttp://www.sufferingwithjoy.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com