Mommy Life: Labeled disabled - Magnificent Mom

Judy Ann Squier is a lady you might like to meet, I think. She was born without legs, for all intents and purposes, and her story, as shared with Barbara Curtis on Barbara's blog, is a tribute to hope, faith, perserverance.

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I get the feeling the day of my birth was not a celebration.

No one ever said, but I have a hunch my birth announcement had an invisible PS that everyone could see, In lieu of balloons: Bring a hankie.

My midnight arrival was like a cold shower to the unsuspecting obstetrician. With no prepared speech for such a tragedy he blurted out, "Your daughter is going to live I am sorry to say." Thats what my dad recollects.

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One more thing: I recognize that God has given me a voice for the endangered species - babies in utero with birth defects - the ones targeted for a medical abortion because they will never have a quality life. I welcome any and all opportunites to challenge that misconception with stories from the life of Judy Ann.

Thank goodness she was blessed with a mother who saw her as a daughter - not as an embarrassment or, worse yet, some sort of commodity that was subject to quality control measures, if I can put it like that.