I am sure the majority of my readers will disagree with me but there was a bill which passed the house today HR 358 that makes me sad. It makes me sad because there were no exceptions made none at all. No clause for emergencies nothing for the mother's life being at risk or the baby not surviving birth. Nope it pretty much says that every pregnancy must be carried full time unless there is a miscarriage. Really? What are these people thinking? There must be exceptions. There has to be. But maybe that is based on my opinion that life doesn't start at conception. The senate is voting next week. Please write your senators and give them your opinion even it is not the same as mine.
I sometimes wonder where to draw the line in this whole blogging thing. I could make us look like the "perfect" family or I could deal with all of our disappointment and make everybody think that we quite possible have the worse life ever. Or maybe there is a middle ground somewhere that I have yet to find in this blog. Today was a rough day. Don't get me wrong I am so excited that everybody around me is having babies. But for some reason today I was caught up in the losses all over again. I am wondering when it stops. Maybe it never does. Maybe it will be a life time of wondering what if I would have gone full term. Several people have asked when (or if) we are going to have another baby. I am not sure. Sometimes that answer is yes and sometimes it is no. But one thing is for certain it isn't right now. Really I don't need to have a ton of kids to fill some void. I love my two kids and if that is all ...
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