FAITH HEART FEATURE
WHAT IF I HAD MY DAUGHTER GRACIA
ABORTED?
RONELYN RAMONES
God Has Favored Me with His Grace
HANNAH Grace, the younger of my two
siblings, whose name was derived from
the Bible which means “God has favored
me with His grace” will be nine this
November. She is taller and fuller than
most Filipino children of her age. In
fact, even though she is the youngest in
her Grade 4 class, she is one of the
tallest with her 140-centimeter height
and much taller than her sister, KC, who
happens to be her classmate who will
also be ten come January next year. She
is so vibrant and full of life. She has a
quick smile and dotes on me as her
mother. We have had little “quarrels” on
things like what shoes or dress she had
to wear, but frankly, I always miss those
quarrels because they always end with
her tight embrace and sweet kisses.
How time flies! It’s as if it were only
yesterday when this girl, my daughter
Gracia or Asiang as I call her, was just a
speck of life in my womb. I could never
imagine what life without her by my
side would be like if I had only followed
the wish of her father before we were
told by my obstetrician to have another
child.
Ronelyn Ramones
It had only been four weeks after a successful
normal, spontaneous delivery of our first-born child,
KC, when an unexpected finding revealed—another
breath of life was inside my womb. Of course, we
were surprised. Mixed emotions streamed through
my veins. Though none of us expected this one, I felt
like I was on cloud nine when I learned that our
first-born was going to have her sibling so soon. My
heart was filled with incomparable delight because I
considered this unexpected conception to be a big
blessing from God. I thought my husband would be
happy as well for another blessing that would
complete our family tree, but to my surprise, I
noticed something wrong with him. No longer did I
see the smile on his face which I usually saw during
my first conception. Whenever we talked and
planned for our second baby, he would not utter a
word nor smile, and that surprised me very much.
Faith Heart Magazine l 20