Posted on 02/06/2012 4:17:35 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Last week, Rick Santorum and his family offered us a reminder of what really matters. When his 3-year-old daughter, Bella, born with Trisomy 18, was hospitalized with pneumonia, Rick left the campaign trail to be by her bedside. In the middle of this very heated campaign season, many of us prayed through tears for Bella’s health and added prayers of thankfulness for a public example of someone’s sacrifice made with the right priorities.
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During the 2008 presidential campaign, on rope lines at rallies across the country, my husband, Todd, and I met so many of these families and caretakers, and I’ll never forget them. There was an instant connection—a kind of mutual acknowledgment that said, “Yes, these children are precious and loved. Yes, we face extra fears and challenges, but our children are a blessing, and the rest of the world is missing out in not knowing this.”
Every parent struggles with juggling the commitments of work and family. Women, especially, know this well. Over the years, I’ve learned that women can “have it all,” just not all at once. For me, it was a lesson learned through the school of hard knocks, but it was one my own mother made me aware of when she calmly told me that as a working mom in the rough-and-tumble political arena, I would have to make tough choices. We all do. In making decisions about my career, I’ve put my family first, and I’ve never regretted it, although it has meant periodically putting particular pursuits on the back burner.
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great post ,,,, for a great woman
Nice article but the comments section is a cesspool.
Yeah, those commenters are scum. I’m surprised that Palin published this in the Daily Beast. I don’t think that she’s going to win any of them over with her article because they have NO compassion or empathy for human life. Period.
LOL! That's the spirit!
Yes, most of the comments are straight out of the cesspool. Our Sarah committed the cardinal sin of liberals-she chose not to abort Trig. The members of the Culture of Death will never get over that fact.
I think she wrote this article for TheDailyBeast knowing full well that the haters would come out and show their black hearts. Just like some on here at FR and over at HA, the Palin-haters just can’t resist showing how truly evil they are.
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