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January 27, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the greatest gifts my parents gave my siblings and me was an early knowledge of what abortion is.  We marched for life alongside them, joined my mom at the crisis pregnancy center she volunteered at and discussed why abortion is evil.  They never let us escape into a utopia where we could pretend there were no horrible acts of injustice going on in the world.

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Now, as a parent myself, I want to introduce my four children early to the concept that all human life is sacred.  It can be difficult as a stay-at-home mom to actively engage in the pro-life cause.  Opportunities outside the home may be infrequent but when a friend asked me if I wanted to go to the Georgia March for Life this year, I eagerly said yes. 

The Wednesday March came on a bright, frigid afternoon.  The kids and I bundled ourselves in layers to brave the sub-freezing temperatures and headed to downtown Atlanta.  There, we joined the crowd of individuals walking the mile long journey silently towards the state capital. 

My five-year-old daughter Ellie eagerly walked amongst the throng, a smile on her face.  “Mom, why isn’t anyone saying anything?” she asked me.  She expected noise.  I told her later to think about the story of Joshua.  When God told the Israelite army to march around the city of Jericho, he ordered the soldiers to walk silently for the first six days.  On the seventh day, the walls came tumbling down. 

Just like walls came down then, the walls of lies and deception surrounding abortion can crumble now.  Marching in silence is a powerful weapon for change.

As we neared the end of the march at Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, a woman played taps on her trumpet.   A song to mourn the deaths of 55 million babies murdered since Roe v. Wade.  Once at the capital, people disbanded and went their separate ways.  By then, my eleven-month-old son Josiah was crying from cold and hunger but fortunately my two girls finished with smiles on their faces. 

Participating in the march ignited in my heart a desire to involve my children in pro-life activism whenever possible.  They are the next generation and I want them to care about issues that truly matter. 

As pro-life activist Abby Johnson wrote in LifeNews about teaching her own daughter about abortion, “I pray that she grow up with a solid understanding of the value of life.  I pray that she is able to see the value in all life, born and unborn.  I pray that pro-life parents will empower our children, at a young age, to get involved in this movement.  Your pro-life witness might be the best inheritance you can leave for your children.”