Thank you, Mother <br/><br/>

This is a true story.<br/><br/>

Dominic and Marie are a young newlywed couple from France.  Since Marie was a medical intern training to be a doctor, they planned on delaying having children until later.  However, God had different plans.  Marie became pregnant unexpectedly and they gladly prepared to welcome their new child into their lives.<br/><br/>

God had another unanticipated plan for them.  Three months into her pregnancy, Marie was diagnosed with breast cancer.  After undergoing surgery to remove the cancer, doctors advised Marie to terminate her pregnancy.  Dominic and Marie refused; they were determined to preserve this new life.<br/><br/>

After consulting with their lead doctor, they decided to wait until after seven months of pregnancy and then to give birth by caesarean section because a baby can survive outside a mother’s womb by that age.  Only after that will Marie receive chemo and radiation therapy.<br/><br/>

All this happened 8 years ago.  Today, Dominic and Marie have three children.  Marie says, “According to many clinical studies, preserving a fetus does not worsen the mother’s condition.”<br/><br/>

On the occasion of Mother’s Day, let’s thank all mothers for their selflessness and love.