Have you ever had a birthday celebrated? For most of us, the answer is an obvious “yes.” But that’s not a given. I’ve learned that while spending time with the Sisters of Life, who accompany women who are looking for options other than abortion during unplanned pregnancies. If you have never had your life celebrated, how can you celebrate a new one? It adds a layer of pain. But recognizing the value of life isn’t about abortion as a political or otherwise contentious and intensely intimate issue. It’s about our common humanity. This is something that Rob Henderson highlights in his new book, Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class.
At ten years old, he had reached the conclusion: “As far as I was concerned, adults were unreliable liars. With each new family, new parent, and new rejection, grief, anger, and loneliness accrued within me.”
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