Choosing Daniel

It turned out to be easy to choose life for Daniel.  After all the shock, despair, anger and sadness, I was able to keep hope alive because so many wonderful people surrounded me with their hope and their prayers for my baby.  I was reminded recently that by choosing life for my baby, others were also able to know him in a tender way and to experience Daniel's power and love.  I am humbled at the repsonse to me and to my baby Danny that enriched my life and my relationship with God.  I am gifted with humanity-- with life and all its fullness and with a God who shows us how to embrace our humanity.  Death is a big part of life, though we do not want to think about it.  A friend of mine wrote:

What an inspiration to us all. Her strength to carry her son, to love her son, to know her son, despite the grim  predictions. No one wants to be so courageous, having to face what she had to face. But, for those of us watching, she was a daily reminder of how precious is each life, no matter the final outcome. Her decision to keep him with her until the end allowed us all to love him and grieve for him as well. And, to ponder again the wonder of a mother's love.

Thank you, Pam, for helping me to remember that all of you loved Daniel.