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Thoughts on being a Parent

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I have been reflecting a lot this week on what it means to be a mother.  I have friends who have shared their experiences this week with miscarriages, early pregnancy, and another friend who shared about a serious injury to a seven week old baby that is 99.9% likely to be child abuse.  It has really had me reflecting on the sanctity of human life as well as the seeming injustice that those who want children and would be awesome and incredible parents are unable to have children biologically, and those who don't know how to care for their children and abuse them, seemingly have no problems getting pregnant.  Just because someone has the ability to  conceive a child does not automatically make them a good parent. There is more to being a parent than conceiving and giving birth.  I know many foster parents who are more of a parent to the foster kids in their home than are the birth parents of those children.  I am thankful for those that God calls to be foster parents and adoptive par