The 36th Annual March For Life

Today was an amazing day-- January 22, 2009. For the first time, I went to the March For Life in Washington, DC. I've always wanted to go-- but it was always so far away, and/ or I had small children, or a job, or something else to make me think twice about going to the Rally and doing my part to end the Holocaust against our nation's preborn children.

Then last fall, we moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia. Last week when I heard that there was a group going by bus from our Church going to the March, I realized that I COULD go this year-- Fredericksburg is only about an hour away from Washington, DC-- and I do not have small children any more--and I do not have a job currently because of our recent move from Raleigh NC. There was no reason on earth why I could not go. So I did.


The day started with Mass at our church, St. Mary's in Fredericksburg, VA. Then we boarded buses to DC, and arrived at the March about 11:30 am. We went onto the Mall near the Capitol Building, and listened to the great music that was going on at that time. About noon, the actual Rally event started. There were a lot of speakers-- giving words of encouragement, stories of regret at having had an abortion, and concern about the Freedom Of Information Act, now being proposed in Congress. This portion of the program went on for about two hours. Each speaker had incredible things to say. These included words that made me think about the state of our country, and the state of humanity where we can even consider allowing laws that sanction putting to death a tiny baby merely because it's inconvenient-- or we don't want to admit to our parents that we are having sex at that point in our lives.Speakers included members of Congress, ministers, rabbis, and finally, priests. People from all over the country and actually, all over the world spoke about the need to end the killing of these tiny defenseless babies.


About 2 pm, we started the actual March. The weather was gorgeous, the people were so incredibly wonderful-- cheerful, happy, determined, and hopeful. We walked down past the Capitol Building, turned and went down past the Supreme Court, and then down the other side of the Capitol Building. The way was blocked off for a while as a motorcade went by, so I'm not sure we went as far as originally planned. However, the accomplishment was the same-- we had stated our purpose, and our determination to end this horrible culture of death that has infected our nation.


I am so excited to be involved in this effort. If I am called Home tonight-- I want to be able to say to St. Peter that I was part of this movement, that I did not just stand and allow it to happen. I want to be able to say that I tried to help to stem the terrible flow of babies dying and women who have been victimized by the loss of their children.