"I could feel hot, salty tears coming down my face. I sat and cried silently... I was scrunching myself up against the wall as far as I could. All of a sudden, someone from behind us taps on the guy’s shoulder..."
"The look on their faces completely broke my heart. Their face was filled with utter disappointment and sadness. The last time I saw that face was when they found out my older brother passed away in car accident in my senior year in high school..."
"How do we move past this? What do you do when someone else is just SOOO CLEARLY wrong? Aren’t we obligated to speak truth when people are off track? Well, yes. But..."
It's hard to believe that the creator of the lovable Charlie Brown and the renowned "Peanuts" comic strip was ever anything less than an amazing creative guru. But like Walt Disney, Michael Jordan, and many of the "greats" we put on a pedestal, Schulz's success was born much more out of determination and refusing to accept failure than it was sheer talent.
Melissa Ohden survived something few do--an abortion. Let her powerful story remind you to fight, pray and pursue the protection of life in and out of the womb. Sharing this with everyone we know is a pretty good place to start.