A woman in her mid thirties walked into the EMC Brooklyn Pregnancy Center Thursday morning looking for something...
She had undergone several abortions, had three beautiful children, and was seeking to end her new child's life. She used words like, "I can't do this... I won't have another baby... I have to have an abortion."
But in getting to know her situation better, Linda the Director of the Brooklyn Center, was able to find so much more that this woman needed. She held on her shoulders a monstrous guilt. When her oldest daughter was very young she fell from a slide at the park. She got up and was fine, but later that night she began to shake while in the bathtub. She was having a seizure and now suffers every night from similar epileptic tremors. This woman couldn't forgive herself and buried a part of her maternal instincts along with her guilt. She needed to confront this first, before she could even learn to accept the child within her womb.
"It's not your fault. You could not have known. You did the best you could. You are a good mother, " Linda, the clinic director asserted. And the walls fell down...
This strong and independent woman had been making it on her own for so long. Someone showed her love and compassion, and she was finally able to embrace the receptivity of her femininity. Her heart began to melt.
Though I have no idea what this woman has decided to do about having an abortion, I do know that she received love, support, and options while she was with us. I trust that whatever happens to her that she will remember that she is a good mother.
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