High Five ✋

 My coworker and I stand outside of Planned Parenthood almost daily. We truly are trying to save a life or two. Actually when it comes down to it we are  trying to save families. When you do this day in and day out and it gets difficult because we measure our accomplishments the same way we measure any accomplishment. We look for results. If nobody changes their mind then we feel like we are failures. There are a lot of feelings of failure because we dont always get to know the outcome of our presence. . Fortunately there are two of us working so we keep each other from going too far down the path of doubt. We also remind each other how much Satan is involved in this.

 The flip side is that when someone does change their mind it feels like you hit a home run. We  even do funny things like high five when someone leaves after telling us they are changing their mind and keeping the baby. Last week we talked to two women in a row who chose life. One seemed to be on the fence. The other seemed like she already knew she was going to keep the baby but you never know. This is something that people won't always tell you the truth about. We talked to both of these women on the same day within the same hour. It sort of felt like we won the championship. It's a funny way to think about it but it is a win. It's a win for us but it's also a win for these families. It's also a win for the organization that we work for. It makes it seem like this work is worthwhile. I don't really think there's anything better to celebrate. We are all celebrating life.

 We may or may not hear from these girls. The important part is we had a chance. We actually had a chance to talk to these ladies who we will never know if they were planning to keep their baby. When I started this job this is what I said I wanted. I thought if I have a chance to talk to these moms that aren't quite sure, at least I can give them an opportunity to know that there are people that they can count on. There are people that care about them and there are people who want to help them. if we don't get a chance to talk to these people  they'll never know these things.  Thankfully our organization gives us a chance to talk to them and God gives us the voice to deliver the message. This is what the High Fve is all about.