One of the most important things we do on the sidewalks outside of Dr. Emily's happens after all the abortions have taken place. The women stumble out of Dr. Emily's with nothing but a lollipop and a yellow piece of paper, often with no one by their side or a person to come and pick them up. Some of these women are crying, some of them are still too dazed from the drugs used to put them under to process what just happened, all of them broken. In a lot of ways this is the hardest part of the day. As Sean once said while we were watching a crying girl get into her car, " it hurts me to see how much they hurt".
However, this part of the deal can be full of much beauty and grace. Many times the women are open to us approaching them and comforting them. We tell them if they are hurting there are people they can contact and there are places they can go for healing. We have had beautiful moving moments with the women on the sidewalk where we were able to embrace them and say I am sorry they had to come here and I hope they never have to go through this again. Sean once asked a girl if she believed in God and she nodded. He replied as far as the heavens are from the earth so are our since once God forgives us. He told the girl God was ready to forgive her right then and heal her right then. She nodded and we knew she understood and it meant a great deal to her.
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