Monday, January 30, 2012

Santorum and How We're Connected

Disclaimer:  This is not a political post.  I have my personal views but will not air them here.  
At least not right now.
 
I'll confess I don't really have the time right now to follow the political scene like I would like.  I do make an effort to place my vote based on education and intelligent decision.  Yesterday at family lunch my Dad asked me if I had heard about Rick Santorum's daughter.  I told him that I knew she was sick, that he had went home to be with her, and that I didn't really know why this was important to me as my homemade macaroni and cheese was getting cold.  He proceeded to correct me as usual.  Mr. Santorum's daughter has full Trisomy 18.  Just like our daughter Johanna.

I did some online searching and found some really interesting articles and Youtube videos related to his daughter Bella.  She is an amazing child who has already overcome many obstacles that she has had to face.  

Rick Santorum and his wife(who is Bella's primary caregiver) chose life in a time when fewer families choose life.  I don't know if he will win election or even the primaries.  But I do know that his little girl brought Trisomy 18 in to the national spotlight this weekend.  Of course there were many negative comments and remarks across the webiverse directed towards him and his family because he took time off to be with his very sick child.  Uhm.....isn't that why we are parents?  But that's another rant for another day.

So that's how I'm "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" connected to Rick Santorum.  I wouldn't even attempt to speculate how his presidential campaign will proceed.  But I did like his Facebook page.  And I sent his campaign staff an email thanking him for making family and children important in an era and a society that doesn't anymore.


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