International Fetal Alcohol Awareness Day

Today is the ninth day of the ninth month. I have formatted this post to publish at 9 AM… It will post at 09/09/09 and 0900.

Nine, the number of months an infant is in the womb. Nine months that can make all the difference in the world to a developing infant. If you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant, please don’t drink. If you are having sex and are drinking, please use birth control.

I have decided not to write a blog post today. I ran across a post recently that said everything I wish I could say about parenting a child with FASD, only better.

oh friends, that starry-eyed girl i once was has been humbled – laid low, actually – by the reality of the grace of God that sees past the orphan to the person and loves them all the way through.   while i was patting myself on the back for adopting a baby, God was looking ahead to the teen who would be crippled by brain-damage, ruled by cravings and impulses and helpless to stop and terrified of the consequences; who would be invisibly handicapped so that when the world demanded his compliance – he could never give it.   God loves the man, who may go to jail; who will probably fight addiction; who will most likely be unable to hold down a job or pay his rent.  God looked ahead and He loved that man. ~ by Tonia at study in brown, i wanted to dance