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Tuesday, August 23, 2016
My Daughter Made It Easier to Get Past the Rape, by Michelle Olson
It was one of
the darkest periods of my life – I was going through turmoil with my parents, a
bad split with the father of my two sons, betrayed by friends, and ended up on
the streets, on a waiting list for a homeless shelter. I had nothing and nobody left. I prayed for death to come. Within a week, instead of dying, I was raped.
I found out I
had gotten pregnant from the rape. Having been raped
I tried to call
an agency about putting the baby up for adoption, but I couldn't make the
call. Every time I tried, I would cry so
hard. I finally decided I wanted to keep
my baby.
She made it
easier to get past the rape. I got a beautiful baby girl from what happened to
me. She is sweet, loving, and beautiful.
What I went through was nothing compared
to the joy my little girl has brought to my life. God had given me a reason to keep going. My little girl is my miracle baby.
My sweet angel helped me in more
ways than I can count. She makes the
world a brighter place. My daughter may
seem like an inconvenience to someone who has never met her, being conceived by
rape and having disabilities. Anyone who
knows her also knows love and kindness that is unconditional. The neighbors smile when they see her and wait
for the hugs.
We now live in
Texas where Alice has gotten speech, occupational,
Through all of
this experience, I adopted my closest friend as my mom. And it just so happens that her only child was
also conceived by rape. She has been a
source of comfort through everything, and she is proud to call Alice her
granddaughter.
I actually have
two very close friends with children conceived by rape, but they don't really
talk about it. One was 16 and kicked out
of her parents house for getting pregnant.
She never told her parents until her son was about 12 that she was raped
by her boyfriend. She had been raped
before and the rapist father pushed her into an abortion at the age of 14. She still feels bad about it to this day, but
was determined not to let it happen again when she got pregnant with her son.
The other was in college and didn't know she was pregnant until
she was pretty far along. She says had
she known earlier in the pregnancy, then she’s certain that at that time, she
would have had an abortion. She was
going to put him up for adoption, but changed her mind. She was never able to
carry another baby to term and he is her only child. After he grew up, she decided to volunteer at
a crisis pregnancy center, and her son is the reason she is now pro-life!
So if you have a story like ours, know that you are not alone,
and I hope this encourages you.
BIO: Michelle Olson is a
mother of three from Texas and a pro-life blogger for Save The 1.
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May God bless you and your precious daughter!
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