Giving away 5 babies

This is a another flashback from my Journal – I was pastor in the Cathedral of Baker City, Oregon. It was January 2010...... A young woman called today, informing me that her brother just died and they want to attend the funeral, somewhere between Nevada and California, and asked me if I can give them at least a voucher for gasoline. When she came in to the office, I talked to her and consoled her because she was still very upset.  I noticed also that she was pregnant and asked her when the baby is due and she said in May. My next question was if she had any more children, and she responded “I had 8 babies, but I gave 5 of them away for adoption!” She said she does not believe in abortion and so delivered the babies and gave them away one by one, all from the same father. However she did keep the last 3 babies and will be keeping the one she is carrying right now. I complimented her for giving birth to all of them and keeping them alive and reminded her that this coming Friday, January 22^nd, is the 37^th anniversary of the legalization of abortion here in the USA. I asked her if she keeps in touch with the 5 babies she gave up for adoption and answered in the affirmative, telling me also that they are placed in good homes, all in California. Some of the stories I hear are truly mind-boggling, and you may think that such stories happen only to other families in big and poor cities, not right here in our own neighborhood. I cannot comprehend how a mother can give away 5 of her children, but at least I admire her for not aborting them.