Life is beautiful
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Editor,
I have just returned from a program provided by a host of musical groups and the Knights of Columbus in support of Helping Hands. It was a beautiful and inspirational happening. Last Thursday, the residents of St. Joseph’s Assisted Living Center were delighted to share more than an hour’s time with about 50 girls from the Polson Middle School. They were accompanied by women who belong to P.E.O. They all came to share their lives with us and we with them while enjoying tea and cookies. It was a beautiful and enlightening afternoon. The next day, at a memorial service for a resident who had just passed away, I listened to a young woman speak lovingly about her grandmother who had raised her after her own mother had died. It was a beautiful, heartwarming time for everyone who attended the service. On Saturday, a friend came to visit. She said, “I would like to show you a picture of my new 5-week-old grandchild.” What we saw was not a baby in her mother’s arms, but a beautifully formed 5-week-old baby growing in its mothers womb. It will live and grow there until it is time for it to leave her womb and be born into this world. It was an awesome and beautiful picture to see. All of this happening in just four days’ time overwhelmed me. I was prompted to thank God for all of his human beings — the unborn, the young, the old, those who give so unselfishly of their time and talent to help make other people’s lives more meaningful. It reaffirms my conviction that all life is sacred from the moment of conception to its natural end. Today, our nation is being challenged to contemplate the true meaning of that belief and to determine what role our government has in caring for and protecting those lives. Let us hope and that we will do God’s will.
Rita Senkler
Polson
