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HOW MOTHERS OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN ARE CHOSEN | ||||||||||||||||||
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Most women become mothers by accident, some by choice, a few by social pressures and a couple by habit. This year nearly 100,000 women will become mothers of handicapped children. Have you ever wondered how mothers of handicapped children are chosen? Somehow, I visualize God hovering over the earth and selecting His instruments for propagation with great care and deliberation. As He observes, He instructs His angels to make notes in a giant ledger. 'Armstrong, Beth, a son - guardian angel, Matthew. Forrest, Majorie, a daughter - guardian angel, Gerald. He's used to profanity.' Finally, He passes a name to an angel and smiles, 'Give her a handicapped child.' The angel is curious, 'Why this one God? She is so happy.' 'Exactly,' smiles God, 'Could I give a handicapped child to a mother who does not know laughter? That would be cruel.' 'But has she patience?' asks the angel. 'I don't want her to have too much patience or she will drown in a sea of self-pity and despair. Once the shock and resentment wears off, she will handle it. I watched her today. She has that feeling of self and independence that is so rare and so necessary in a mother. You see the child that I am going to give her has his own world. She has to make him live in her world and that is not going to be easy.' 'But Lord, I don't think that she even believes in You.' God smiles, 'No matter. I can fix that. This one is perfect. She has just enough selfishness.' The angel gasps, 'Selfishness? Is that a virtue?' God nods, 'If she cannot separate herself from the child occasionally, she will never survive. Yes, here is a woman whom I will bless with a child less than perfect. She doesn't realize it yet, but she is to be envied. She will never take for granted a word spoken by her child. She will never consider a step of his ordinary. When her child says 'Mommy' for the first time, she will be present at a miracle and know it. When she describes a tree or a sunset to her blind child, she will see it as few people ever see My creations. I will permit her to see clearly the things I see ... ignorance, cruelty, and prejudice ... and allow her to rise above them. She will never be alone. I will be at her side every minute of ever day of her life, because she is doing My work as surely as if she is here by My side.' 'And what about her guardian angel?' asks the angel, his pen poised in mid-air. God smiles, 'A mirror will suffice.' |
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