During the 40 Days for Life Closing Celebration on November 6, I shared the new video “Blessings” which (from my perspective) captures the spirit of this 40 Days for Life campaign.  When the video ended, I talked to the small crowd gathered in the cold, damp air, about something I found to be quite amazing when capturing images for this video.

(Understanding that some may doubt the significance of my observations, I confessed that after long hours at the vigil I have been known to make extended observations relating to “trivial” things such as cracks in the sidewalk.)

The “Blessings” video returns several times to a scene of crosses outside the abortion center.  The crosses were placed in memory of the babies aborted the previous day, as the mothers left the abortion center one by one with aching, empty wombs.  On each cross, a name was written to represent the identities of the real human beings whose lives were sacrificed.  Early that morning as I videotaped the crosses dripping with water, I noticed that the front cross bore the name “Thomas,” while immediately behind that cross was a cross bearing the name “Mary.”
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