The Letter - A Short Film
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0:27 - 0:30My Dearest Child,
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0:30 - 0:50Ten years ago yesterday, I carried you beneath my heart.
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0:50 - 0:52Ten years ago today,
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0:52 - 1:00I stopped the beating of your heart.
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1:00 - 1:03I, your Mother, the one who gave you life
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1:03 - 1:06also gave you death.
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1:06 - 1:09It's been a decade and still my blood runs cold
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1:09 - 1:11and I catch my breath whenever I hear the word
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1:11 - 1:13abortion.
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1:13 - 1:17There's an emptiness inside of me that cannot be filled,
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1:17 - 1:19a chill that has never quite been warmed,
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1:19 - 1:21a grief that will never end.
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1:21 - 1:25To me, you will forever remain an unfinished song,
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1:25 - 1:27a flower that has never bloomed,
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1:27 - 1:31a sunrise clouded by rain.
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1:31 - 1:33Even during your last moments of life,
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1:33 - 1:36I wondered, "Is my baby a boy or a girl?"
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1:36 - 1:39The question ran through my mind again and again
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1:39 - 1:41as I tried to block out the sickening sounds
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1:41 - 1:43of you being suctioned from my womb
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1:43 - 1:48and my life.
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1:48 - 1:54(medical equipment sounds)
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1:54 - 1:56I seemed to have a burning need to know
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1:56 - 2:00whether I would have a son or daughter,
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2:00 - 2:04yet somehow I couldn't bear to ask such an indelicate question of the doctor
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2:04 - 2:07who stood smiling above me.
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2:07 - 2:10Instead, I simply nodded in defeat and sadness
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2:10 - 2:13as the man in white padded my trembling hand and said,
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2:13 - 2:17"Now, aren't you glad it's over?"
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2:17 - 2:19As I lay there,
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2:19 - 2:22drowning in my own blood, tears, and sweat
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2:22 - 2:28I could hear the nurses chattering about co-workers, new cars, and clothes.
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2:28 - 2:36(women talking)
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2:36 - 2:38To these people,
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2:38 - 2:41the extermination of your life was simply a job.
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2:41 - 2:44"Making a living by destroying the living."
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2:44 - 2:48To those gathered in that sunny room in Philadelphia 10 years ago,
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2:48 - 2:51it was just another day.
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2:51 - 2:54To me, it was the darkest day I had ever known.
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2:54 - 2:58The Abortion; the most heartwrenching, terrible experience
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2:58 - 3:01I have ever suffered through in my 18 years.
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3:01 - 3:05Certainly the most painful experience suffered by you in your 3 short months.
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3:05 - 3:08It has taken me all these years to get over it.
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3:08 - 3:12Now as my eyes fill with tears,
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3:12 - 3:17I realize this is something I will never get over.
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3:17 - 3:28That fateful April day.
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3:28 - 3:30Even in my distraught state of mind,
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3:30 - 3:32I knew that there were other choices.
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3:32 - 3:39I was simply to scared to consider the alternative.
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3:39 - 3:41Still a child myself,
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3:41 - 3:46I wasn't ready to be a mother.
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3:46 - 3:49What I didn't realize was that I already was a mother.
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3:49 - 3:51You became my child at the moment of conception.
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3:51 - 3:59My love for you began when your life began
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3:59 - 4:05and although your life ended, that love has never died.
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4:05 - 4:11Your silent screams have awoken me from sleep many times over the years
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4:11 - 4:18and I have lain in the dark and mourned
the loss of the baby I killed. -
4:18 - 4:20There have even been times when I have contemplated
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4:20 - 4:23ending my own life as I have ended yours.
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4:23 - 4:27It's been 10 years and I still haven't forgiven myself.
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4:27 - 4:30Have you forgiven me?
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4:30 - 4:34Has God forgiven me for destroying a being created by Him?
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4:34 - 4:36I've had many nightmares over the years.
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4:36 - 4:39Scenes of a tiny fetus in a trash bag haunt my subconscious.
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4:39 - 4:41I've awakened in a cold sweat
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4:41 - 4:45again feeling the excruciating pain of that long ago day.
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4:45 - 4:48I recall the intense physical pain of the abortion,
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4:48 - 4:51but those 10 minutes of hurt were nothing compared to
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4:51 - 4:57the 10 years of pain I've lived with since.
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4:57 - 5:01For years my heart has ached to write you this letter,
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5:01 - 5:08but whenever I attempted to put my feelings into words, I. . .
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5:08 - 5:11Perhaps this letter was meant to be written in order to help others
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5:11 - 5:17to avoid the agony I experienced.
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5:17 - 5:20If this letter prevents even one abortion,
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5:20 - 5:23it will have served a purpose.
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5:23 - 5:25But Baby, my purpose in sending this letter to you
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5:25 - 5:29is to let you know that I love you.
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5:29 - 5:39Whoever you are.
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5:39 - 5:45And I'm sorry.
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5:45 -Love, Mommy
- Title:
- The Letter - A Short Film
- Description:
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A real letter written by a young mother to her aborted baby.
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English and French Subtitles/Closed Captions are available! Click CC above for translations.
Feel free to translate this video to your language in order to help women around you realize the impact of abortion. Send me the link and I will add it below:
Slovenian - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toinOEmBer0
- Video Language:
- English
- Duration:
- 06:11
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