So, I'll give you the highlights of my little world for now and plan to expound on them when I have an opportunity to do so. It may be sooner than later as currently I have a 12 hour layover in the Salt Lake City airport tonight....ugh!
But, for now, this is what I know:
- I am the new Executive Director of Life Choices Clinic - this is a pregnancy care center that is a Christian-based ministry supporting women in crisis. It's our goal to love on them, pray with them, serve them and honor them with the TRUTH of God and of life. (I don't have the Mission Statement memorized, but it's not as "real" as my spin on what it is we do anyway.) I have served on the Board of Directors for this ministry for the past couple of years and am well aware of the need and opportunity that is before me. It will indeed be fewer hours and very little travel and certainly an opportunity to literally save lives.
- My darling princess girls turned 1 on September 25. They were so cute at their birthday party (with a pink with brown polka-dot theme!). My mom made them the cutest headbands ever and they sported them and a little dress from Auntie Polly for all to see. We had to wake them from a nap for their party, but after a bit of time, they were totally into it. They each had fancy little cakes made by the one and only Danielle of Danielle's Cakes http://www.freewebs.com/danielleirby/.
- Maddie and Josie completed a perfect check-up (with shots unfortunately) just two days ago. Other than being incredibly healthy (and noisy while the poor doc was using his stethoscope) it was a clean bill of health. It's hard to believe that a year has come and gone and it's also amazing to think that they are in the 90th percentile on height and weight. They continue to amaze all of us with their brilliance and candor.
- I'm in Atlanta, Georgia! It's actually a wonderful city. I've been here for nearly a week and have been attending the Care Net Pregnancy Center Annual Conference. There were nearly 3,000 women and men here together learning from each other about best practices for the many centers and clinics across the nation and in Canada that are working to not only save lives but save souls. We heard so many incredible testimonies from so many amazing women and men who have walked before us in this fight for life. I heard too many statistics to even remotely recall which number goes with what fact; however, what I did experience was a new understanding as to why I am joining this team of people who have declared that the sanctity of life is precious and the fact that the US has declared it legal does not in anyway make it a lawful practice to murder our unborn. There's so much more to share on this, and I know that not all of my dear friends are on the same page with me regarding abortion, but one thing we can't deny is the pain and hurt and sorrow that occurs in the lives of the women who have chosen abortion in their past. Perhaps above anything else, I have such a new desire to see these particular women set free and find God's healing and restoration.
I hope you're all having a great week. I'm always amazed at how fast time goes by these days. I'm back in town sometime on Monday and then I don't leave again until I choose to! How nice indeed!
Hugs to all of you and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
~Polly
3 comments:
Well, I wondered where on earth you were, since you hadn't posted since Sept. 25. I am most certainly on the same page as you where abortion is concerned. I just finished reading some information on the human body part sales-industry that was shocking and sickening! And of course most of those body parts come from late-term abortions. It's truly horrifying! Good for you with what you're doing!
(I was the commenter who deleted the first comment. It came up under the wrong username and I wanted you to know who I was...)
There it goes again, posting me under the wrong username. It's me, VICKY!
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