Loving London

I am your typical college student in that when I am doing homework, I spend half of my time going through my open Facebook page and Twitter feed.
This afternoon I was doing just that and saw that one of my friends shared a page on Facebook called Loving London (link below). I checked it out and I'm still reeling from everything I read and saw there.
It is a page created by a young woman who is giving birth to her son, London tomorrow, December 7, and he is also going to die tomorrow. On the page she shares their story--how she wasn't expected to get pregnant but did, and it was part way through her pregnancy that their son, still in the womb, was diagnosed with Anencephaly, which is fatal. In reading their story, I was amazingly touched at what she had to say--it reminded me of exactly the reasons why I am pro-life. She couldn't bring herself to terminate her pregnancy because even if her son does not live very long once he is born, he is living now inside her womb. He is growing, moving, and kicking even as she prepares for his death by filling out certificates and various things like that.
I have no children, I'm not married, and I have never been pregnant, so I absolutely cannot even begin to imagine the strength that these parents have to prepare for a young son's life, knowing that it may only last a couple of hours, or maybe even less. The love abounds on that Facebook page, and it brought me to tears.

It was just an amazing little (actually, it was pretty big) nudge at my heart. I've been going through quite a bit of difficult things lately and I've been so stressed and overwhelmed with all kinds of things, but this was a miraculous reminder that life is such a blessing, no matter what you face, or how long it lasts. Life is a miracle in itself, and we should have more of an awareness of that--we are all just walking and talking miracles, no matter how long we are here on earth.And just like the Facebook page Loving London, our lives abound with love and blessings from God, no matter what form they take. And London's life will be no different-it is and will be a miracle that is obviously already blessing people from all sorts of different places and locations, including his parents.

I don't even personally know these people, but their story has touched my heart so much that I have to share it with others. And I ask that you, like me, will pray for them tomorrow as London is delivered and takes his first and last breaths more than likely in a matter of hours. It is apparent that they are strong and courageous people just by being willing to share their story in the hopes that it will bless others, but they will need even more strength and comfort tomorrow, no matter how much they have prepared in the previous months.

Please take the time to look at this page, share some words of encouragement and prayers.

I hope it blesses you as much as it has me.

Loving London Facebook Page

Do something.

I'm sure everybody has heard of the tragedy that took place in Aurora, Colorado this weekend when people at the Dark Knight Rises midnight premier were open fired upon at a movie theater outside of Denver by a man named James Holmes.12 people were killed, and even more were injured.

I was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and I live there--only a short distance away from areas like Aurora and Denver. I have many friends and family members who live in the surrounding communities. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we had moments of panic when we heard of the attack, knowing that there are people we could think of that could've been involved.I am fortunate and blessed enough that nobody I personally knew was there. However, I do know people who have friends who were there, and who have been living in the same apartment building as Holmes and who are now evacuated.

I therefore find it crass, sickening, rude, crude, heartless, and ignorant that someone created a page dedicated to James Holmes--a man who mercilessly killed 12 people, and injured many more (children among them), thereby tearing families apart. The page attempts to make the entire situation into a joke.
And I'm not sure what I find most sickening--the fact that one person was ignorant and heartless enough to create the page in the first place, or the fact that 420 people are apparently ignorant, hurtful and rude enough to like and support it.

You can view the page here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/thedarkknightfalls
I encourage everyone to go to this page, report it, AND report all of the images posted on it.
There is no excuse for this absolute mockery of a real tragedy.
Reporting the page and images may seem like something very simple, but if enough people take a few seconds to do it, then maybe Facebook and it's administrators will take a hint, get the picture, and shut it down.

I also encourage you to like, support and share the Shut Down the James Holmes page, which you can find here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Shut-Down-the-James-Holmes-Page/476310009048928
I know of at least one of my friends, who is from a surrounding Colorado community, who has stated that since Facebook so far refuses to shut down the James Holmes page, that they are deleting their account, saying, "If Facebook does not remove the James Holmes page mocking this tragedy I will be permanently deleting my account. I will not be part of a hate supporting community."

If necessary, I would actually encourage people to think about doing the same. I am considering doing the same thing if Facebook sends me back a response still refusing to shut it down. Hit them where it hurts--at the end of the day, Facebook is a business organization, and it's creators, organizers, and administrators get money off of the site. If they really refuse to shut down the James Holmes page, and everyone who disagrees with it deletes their account in return, that'd be alot of people.It would make a statement, that's for sure.

DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE.Do NOT let these people get away with this. Take action, do your part. DO SOMETHING.