Close to Mommy's Heart
Impresses on young readers the fact that life is sacred
New Book Presents Truth About When Life Begins
Impresses on young readers the fact that life is sacred
2008-04-08
LONGWOOD, FL-Author Mary Cromwell-Hillenburg's new release, Close to Mommy's Heart (978-1-60477-672-0), is a much-needed publication that presents the truth about "when life begins, according to God." Her son, Tom, now 33, was scheduled to die on a Friday morning in January 1974. Cromwell-Hillenburg was one of millions of women who had made decisions to abort their unborn children. For her, it was a choice initially propelled by fear and shame. She believed Tom was a "nothing" at that time in her pregnancy, which strengthened her resolve to go through with the abortion. But less than 24 hours before the scheduled procedure, she received a fateful call from the clinic that they were going to have to close down indefinitely. By the time she could arrange a future appointment with another clinic, Tom would have surpassed the age wherein it was affordable to abort him. This proved to be a blessing in disguise.
Says the author, "My son, Tom, lives today because 33 years ago, a group of pro-life people stood in the gap for his life outside the doors of the abortion clinic at a time when I would have made the decision to take it away. I will forever be grateful for those wonderful people who carry the pro life banners on the streets and/or in their hearts as we gather daily on the 'battlefield for life.' I used to call them 'fanatics.' Now I am one."
Penned several years ago while the author was working in the pregnancy care ministry, Close to Mommy's Heart was truly the work of God. "I believe [my book] will be a great teaching tool for little children so they will learn at an early age that life is sacred," the author says. "I feel that I need to do whatever I can to let everyone know a baby's life begins at conception."