A Belated Valentine

A few years ago a young couple were about to have their first baby.  They had been married three years and were really looking forward to the birth of their first child.  When the woman went to the hospital, after she had started labor, things started to go downhill.

The woman was having a lot of trouble during her labor.  The doctor became very worried and told the father and mother that the couple faced a difficult choice.  He could take the baby out of the mother in parts and pieces, thus saving the mother’s life or take a chance on letting the baby be born and perhaps lose both the mother and baby.  The couple belonged to a church that did not believe in the taking of an innocent life.  They had no choice but to let nature take its course and hope that God would be merciful to both the mother and baby.

God was merciful.  Both the mother and baby survived.  The baby became a beautiful young lady and I was fortunate enough to meet her.  A year later she agreed to be my wife.  On April 22^ND 2011 we will have been married for fifty years.  Let’s just call this a belated Valentine. 

 I love you very much Connie.

I think of her parents faith and courage almost every day.

Dal       

 ( This was a letter to the Editor of the Naples Daily News that they did publish)