Dear unborn baby

Dear unborn baby,

I am writing to you to tell you I am sorry you can't be here today.

I am truly sorry you were not given the chance. 

The world is a lesser place because you are not here anymore.

Your absence echoes in my ears when I have the patience to listen.

I am sorry your mommy decided not to have you.

I know you don't understand why. 

She thought this was best for her or you or both of you. 

Yes, I know she should have protected you and cherished you and took on the world for you.

Regardless of her reasons, I want you to know this:

It's not your fault.

You are truly wonderful and innocent. 

You are unique, valuable and important. 

I know you were safe for a while.

Tiny and eager to live. 

Here, in the big world, we have tiny bugs as big as you were who fight with all their being for their life. 

I know you were even more eager than that. 

You were in the best place ever.

Mommy's tummy.

I know it hurt when they took you out.

I know you were scared.

I am sorry, little baby.

I wish I could have snapped my fingers and taken you in.

We have a house, enough space, a two year old who thinks she has it all figured out, a pear tree and lots of pretty flowers.

I am sorry you will not know of such things.

I am sorry your tiny body was treated disrespectfully, thrown out or sold for money.

I assure you, angel, many people would have been proud and blessed to be your mommy and daddy, people who have been waiting for a long time to have a family.

There are folks who are trying to help, who want this to stop. 

Who know you are the next generation and we can't act like we can just wipe you out, like we are the only ones on this planet.

Not everybody cares, not everyone understands and I am sorry for that too. 

The most difficult thing in the world is to change someone's heart. 

I wish this world was perfect. Mommies could just have their babies and raise them and love them.

But it's not, little one. 

It's a very strange place where people argue and discuss and attack each other and insult each other and they cannot agree about you and who you are. 

I am sorry nobody will get to hold you.

I am sorry you won't have a name.

I am sorry you are labeled as a "fetus", "product of conception" or other terms.

I am sorry you won't grow up to be a painter, a teacher, a sales representative or whatever you would have liked to be. 

I am sorry the world has decided you are not needed, you are disposable.

You are needed. You were needed. 

You are important. 

You are perfect, a true biological miracle in whom a whole molecular and cellular universe worked unceasingly just to create your beating heart at 5 weeks. And that was just the beginning. 

As I write this, my daughter is sleeping in her crib.

She has 2 pillows, 3 baby blankets, a ball and a plastic bottle that she demands every night before going to bed.

She is the best thing in my life and I don't deserve her. 

Having her is superior to everything else. 

Everything pales in comparison.

I am sorry you were not given the chance to life.

To show the world and the people around you what a blast you could be. 

It will end one day. I hope to see you then. 

I am sending you all my love and I pray every day that God blesses you, your mom and dad and every little baby who was not given the chance to just be.

For anyone who wishes to pray for the little ones who never had a voice, here is a prayer:

Heavenly Father, 
Thou hast given us the gift of freedom 
to love and to follow in Thy ways and commands. 
Some parents choose to abuse this freedom 
by destroying the gift of life 
which Thou hast given to their offspring. 
Please forgive those who destroy human life 
by aborting their unborn babies. 
Give these unborn children the opportunity 
to enjoy Thee for all eternity, 
if it according to Thy ordinance. 
Assist me in being one in solidarity with Thy little ones 
by taking to heart the words of Thy Son, 
"whatever you did for one of these least brothers of Mine, 
you did for Me." (Mt. 25:40) 
Therefore, allow me today, Father, 
to adopt spiritually an unborn child 
and to offer my prayers, works, 
joys and sufferings for that little one, 
so that child will be able to be born and live 
for Thy greater honor and glory. 
We pray this in Jesus' name, 
in union with the Holy Spirit one God forever and ever.

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