My sweet, sweet middle child and I a couple of years agoThese angels need our prayers- www.reecesrainbow.org/atrisk.htm! These are children who have limited time left or have medical conditions in addition to Down Syndrome. I'm not sure how many of you know about orphans in other countries. Those that have disablities in particular are at the greatest risk. Many countries in Eastern Europe institutionalize children at the young age of 4 if a family has not been found for them. Many don't live to see their 5th birthday! Institutions are not equipped with the right therapies, medicines, staff and other tools to help these angels.
Did you know that 9 out of every 10 mothers (parents) who find out prenatally that her child has Down Syndrome decides to have an abortion? 9 out of 10!! Those numbers are so mind bloggling to me. God creates every single one of us in his image- EXACTLY how we are meant to be made. Fortunately, not one of us is exactly like another. I tell my girls every time they say that I'm weird or silly or whatever that I am proud to be all of those things. Those things make me who I am- EXACTLY how He planned me!
Hug your kids today. Read them a story. Tuck them in tonight with a sweet kiss....because halfway around the world there are children who won't be hugged, won't be read to and won't be tucked in by a parent who loves them so very much.
After tucking those little ones in tonight, find a quiet place and fall to your knees. Ask God for strength for these little ones and as my own little one always says "that families will be lead to orphans".
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