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Even if you’ve seen this before, it is SO worth celebrating little Eliot once again.
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Well, I think I’ve had more than my daily allotment of tears now, thanks to Eliot’s video. What a precious gift. It is so true that God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Thank you, Laura Loo!! It is always a good time to celebrate the life of Eliot!!
I’ve never seen this video before! What a wonderful little man he is! I applaud his parents for documenting his life.
What a precious life. What a precious video…Thanks LauraLoo for sharing this.
That’s appalling. The parents have my sympathies, and a mother’s (and father’s) love understandably knows no rational boundaries, but something like this should not be celebrated, it should be recognized as the hideous aberration that it is. The human body is a machine; a broken machine is not something beautiful or sacred. Genetic conditions and other abominations of nature such as this strain my religious faith to its outer limits. I certainly could not work in medicine; being exposed to stuff like this would just be too much.
Doing stuff for Elliot increased the humanity of his family and friends.
Hat’s off them for rising to the occasion and for teaching us.
Joan, I’ve worked with hundreds of special need students. You have much greater needs than any special needs student I have ever known.
Eliot was not hideous. He was a beautiful little boy who had meaning and value and he was a human being who, for 99 days after his birth, got to know his mother and father, who loved him unconditionally until his natural death.
The “aberration” would have been an unnatural termination of his life through abortion.
And if you think love can be “rationalized” then, frankly, you don’t comprehend love at all.
Every mother and father should have the opportunity to know their child. Every human should have the opportunity to live his/her life until natural death and to know unconditional love. Eliot was treated with the dignity which all humans deserve.
Joan-
You must be in total and extreme misery to see that video and make a comment like that. You need to go and find some mental health professional to help you. Life is good.
Joan, just because Eliot wasn’t born to your specifications doesn’t mean he wasn’t valuable. He was so valuable that God used him in a way to teach us adults a lesson or two about life, that it can be hard or frought with trials but you persevere. He didn’t complain, as some adults do, about his lot in life or circumstances beyond his control. In my opinion, Eliot lived a perfect life for 99 days. I have never lived a perfect life outside of infancy. He is with God now, will someday receive his many rewards from Christ, and will again see his devoted parents. Three cheers for Eliot for living such a meaningful life and being a role model (again) for us adults.
Joan – well I can agree with you on ONE thing: I’m also glad you’re not working in medicine. No telling how many newborn babies and patients you’d snuff out for not meeting your genetic criteria.
Wow! Joan you need some serious help. Praxedes your assessment nailed it. You are suffering from PADS (Pro Abortion Derangement Syndrome). Don’t ever call yourself pro-choice just pro-abort. Your quote “a mother (and father’s) love understandably have no rational boundaries but something like this should not be celebrated, it should be recognized as the hideous abberation that it is”; is probably one of the worst pro-abort quotes I have seen on this blog. I have worked in healthcare for years and would not want you within miles of patients in OB, a NICU, special needs infants/adults, the disabled or the elderly. Margaret Sanger had absolutely nothing on you. Sorry Jill and mods but I could not let this one go. After I cool off and regain my composure I will try to pray for this person.
Looks like Joan is destined for another Quote of the Day!
Dear Eliot,
Thank you, sweet boy. Thank you for being you. Just who God intended you to be. The perfect son for your mommy and daddy to love and to cherish. What a gift for them to have you longer than anyone said they would.
You accomplished more in 99 days than most people accomplish in a lifetime. Your life was love. It was and still is.
I love you,
Carla
Tell Aubrey, Jamie and Lee hello from mommy.
Carla, you made me cry. That was beautiful.
“Carla, you made me cry. That was beautiful.”
Me too.
Joan, your comment disgusts me. From someone who says she’s a CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN, your comment saddens me even MORE.
Eliot’s story is beautiful and it sad at the same time. This little boy was very special to his parents, no matter how long he would live.
I try to see Christ in every person and I see the little Christ child in Eliot.
Please open your eyes, your comments are not very Christ like.
Me three.
This is what this site, and this movement, is all about.
Humanity. Live it, love it, and respect it.
Something in my eyes. Must be going.
Hans, I so agree. Amen!
Uh, something in my eyes too.
LL <3
As a nurse who has worked with little ones like Eliot…. I look at him and see nothing but beauty and love. How anyone can see anything other than that is so very sad.
It says NOTHING about Eliot…. but volumes about the person who is incapable of seeing the beauty of the human soul and the value of human life, no matter how short.