Carla is such an awesome woman. She blogs over at Four By 40 and she has been part of the BlogMommas family since just about the very beginning. Ever since I first met Carla I admired her for her courage – this gal has oodles of courage. Why do I say that? Because Carla very openly shares her story of what it was like to endure and abortion and the healing process after it. To so openly tell the world what you have been through and where it has brought you in life and where it has brought you with the Lord – this is not something that is easy and I commend Carla for it. Seriously, hats off to you, Carla. You are an amazing woman.
So now that I have told you a little about Carla you will totally understand her tattoo. Carla wrote to me and said, “I have wanted a tattoo for a long time. I ran a triathlon last month in memory of my daughter who died in an abortion and got the tattoo a couple of weeks before. Her name and the day she died are on my left forearm, where her sweet little baby head would have rested, had she lived. So far, two people have asked me about it and shared their abortion stories of regret!”
Wow, Carla! When I got your email I sat and looked at that picture for quite a while and I thought about you and all you have been through and all it led me to was the decision that you are an amazing woman. You took something that so many people try to dismiss these days and you said hey, this is what I did and I am not proud of it and this is how I dealt with it and this is who I am now. Your work with Operation Outcry is amazing and I really think God is using you in a big way for women who need to hear there is healing and there is forgiveness. Aubrey has an amazing mom and I am certain she knows it.
What an amazing story. {{hugs}}
Sitting here in tears. Thank you. Thank you for offering your love and acceptance. Abortion is not who I am. It is something I have done and only Jesus can take evil and turn it into my good and His glory.
Having my baby girl’s name on my arm(FOREVER)brings me such joy! It opens up such amazing conversations! Until I can meet Aubrey in heaven I will tell whoever will listen what she means to me and how abortion has hurt me.
Thank you for allowing my voice to be heard. God bless you!! Love you!!
PS I have a friend who knows I work hard in abortion recovery and we joke about the tattoo idea taking off in the post abortive world. I could answer the phone like this, “Hello abortion recovery and tattoo parlor, this is Aubrey’s mom Carla how may I help you?”
Thanks for sharing Carla’s story. She is a blessing in more ways than one.
This was an awesome post and you couldn’t be more right about Carla. She is an amazing person- so caring, so open, so strong! I love her! Thank you so much for sharing her story in such a beautiful way.