I'm Pro-Life

I'm Pro-Life.

I am pro-life for the 45,000 orphaned children in CANADA.
I am pro-life for the thousands of children living in the streets in Canada, who have left abusive family situations.
I am pro-life for the over 200 million orphans world wide.
I am pro-life for the millions of children sold into slavery and trafficked for prostitution because they have no one to protect them.
I'm pro-life for the 11 million children that die annually due to poverty.
I'm pro-life for the almost 1 billion people in the world who do not have enough food to eat.
I'm pro-life for the 1.7 billion people who lack access to clean drinking water.

I am pro-life for the women who accidentally got pregnant and do not want their lives destroyed by a child that they cannot or do not want to have, and who not want to add to the millions of unwanted children in the world.

I am not pro-life for something that I do not consider, based on my science background, to be a living human being yet (for something that has more characteristics of a parasite).

I am respectful of those who believe that life begins at conception, but that respect does not mean that I have to have the same views, in the same way that I wouldn't force them to have mine.

I believe that our society, as advanced as we like to think we are, is obsessed with babies.  There are people who will fight tooth and nail to have a baby brought into existence, against the health, wants or needs of anyone else... and then leave them to fend for themselves.

People argue that abortion shouldn't exist because there are families who really want to have children and they could adopt.

That's a lie.

Most people do not want children.  They want babies.  If people actually cared about the children in this world, we wouldn't have 45,000 orphans in Canada,  123,000 children available for adoption in the US (and almost half a million in foster care) and millions of orphans world wide.

We need to stop focusing on trying to bring more unwanted children into the world, trying to FORCE people to bring more children into the world, when we obviously can't take care of the ones that are already here.

I am pro-life for the women, the men, people, the children that are already here.



edit:  I know how difficult adoption procedures currently are.  I think we as a society need to start focusing more on getting children into loving homes that can provide for them.  There's currently too much red tape.  If someone can prove they can provide a loving home, and can provide for a child financially, it should be a much shorter process to adopt a child. 


Thank you to the following for statistics:
Orphan Coalition
Orphan Hope International
SOS Children's Villages
UNICEF
The Hunger Project

Thankful

I'm thankful that I have MS.

It's not cancer.

It's not a seizure disorder.

I don't think I could handle either of those.  There are people that are so strong, that can stay positive throughout cancer.  There are people that are strong and learn to adapt to having a seizure disorder.   I honestly don't think I'm strong in the same way.  I'm strong enough to live with MS.  When I got diagnosed it was a relief because I was absolutely terrified I had cancer.

I know people who have cancer.   They are some of the strongest people I have ever met.  Their positivity radiates, and I know, even when they're absolutely terrified, they're still strong.

Two people I know have been diagnosed with cancer in the past year.  Both in their 20s, both with rare cancers.  One was diagnosed late, and unfortunately isn't going to make it, but he fought hard and was positive throughout, he didn't let fear destroy him.  The other one has a hard battle ahead of them, but it's early stage, with a decently good prognosis, and I know they can fight it.  They're one of the strongest, take no bullshit people I've ever met, and I know they won't take any shit from cancer.

We all have moments of insecurity and fear, which is why support systems are important.  Those people remind you how strong you are, how fucking badass you are.

We all have our own battles to fight... some people just have to fight harder at times.

The Day I Forgot to Remember

I often have trouble remembering dates.  One that I once considered very important went by a month ago, and it didn't even register to me until today when I read a meme with a quote by Michael J Fox.


“ACCEPTANCE DOESN'T MEAN RESIGNATION; IT MEANS UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETHING IS WHAT IT IS AND THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY THROUGH IT.” MICHAEL J. FOX

This quote spoke to me.  One of my best days was finding out, after two years, what was wrong with me.  I didn't experience the denial stage, or at least not right away and not as a full stage.  I had convinced myself I had cancer, a brain tumor, something incurable and that I was going to die right away, without really experiencing life.   When I got the diagnosis of MS, it was a relief.  I knew MS came with its own bought of problems and troubles, but it was what it was, and it wasn't cancer. I still had a change at a long life. I accepted that, and knew that I would be able to deal with it, be able to get through the tough parts, be able to live a happy life because I had it, it did not have me. 

Sure, I've had moments of panic, of fear, of worry about the future.  I've had days where I feel defeated.  I'm always able to pick myself back up though because I know there has to be a way through those tough times.   

I remember celebrating my 6 month anniversary, because I had had so many relapses the year before (7 in 12 months), then my 1 year anniversary.  Between year 1 and 2 I had periods of anxiety, two years was such a long time, I was due wasn't I?  At year 3 I felt triumphant. I had made it to 3 years without a major relapse.   My 4th anniversary, I thankfully forgot.   I forgot to remember I was healthy. I forgot that being healthy was abnormal. I forgot to remember how sick I have been.  I forgot to put an emphasis on the disease that I have... but I remembered to live life.