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In reply to the discussion: This Woman Filmed Her Abortion to Show Other People it Doesn't Have to be Scary. [View all]TeeYiYi
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he's an old man, examining his life through the lens of unrealized hopes and dreams, in anticipation of the final curtain. He has known unspeakable horror and sadness in his life.
1. He's lost children and grandchildren to miscarriage. He mourns them all.
2. He has a disabled grandson. He loves that boy.
3. He has two granddaughters, from my dead sister, that he adores. He'll never know about the one she aborted.
4. He's known unbearable pain through the premature death of two brothers and a daughter.
5. He fought in Korea, and earned two purple hearts at the Battle of Chosin; becoming one of 'The Chosin Few.'
6. He's a hardcore, dyed in the wool Democrat who has publicly defended my right to be gay and every woman's right to choose. He has written more letters to the editor in support of gays and democrats, than you can shake a stick at.
My father is human. He's a man who wondered out loud about my brother's potential offspring; the grandchild that might have carried on his family name. Your tunnel vision and lack of empathy will be your own crosses to bear when you reach the point in this life where reflection becomes the final salvo.
TYY