From the Publisher:
Letters to Darcy originated as a blog, written by a young woman from Texas named Tracy Ramos. The blog was comprised of a series of diary entries that Tracy wrote to her unborn daughter, Darcy, over the course of approximately nine months. Early in her pregnancy, Tracy learned Darcy had a rare, terminal genetic condition known as Trisomy 18. Of people diagnosed with this disorder, about 95% die in utero, and for surviving infants who live to term, less than 10% survive their first year of life. Tracy’s response to her unborn daughter Darcy is an incredible testament to the sanctity of human life. You will walk with Tracy and Darcy through each entry and see how lovingly mom Tracy cares for her unborn child. Through her simple, honest, and intensely personal entries, Tracy beautifully and convincingly answers the question: When does life begin?
I’ve had this book on my list for several months, but it has hit close to home very recently for me. A year ago, friends of ours had found out that their baby had a birth defect and as a result they got to spend scant few hours with their child at about 20 weeks gestation. And last month, I had a miscarrage at about 8-12 weeks of gestation. It was shortly thereafter that I picked up this book to read.
It was not without tears. And it was not without thankfulness. And it was not without a hope that as a society, we value the preciousness of life. It was a moving set of letters. Pain, acceptance, overwhelming love, and generosity of others. She had a very different lifestyle from me (being weathier, or at least living that way), but she was still a mother and at the core we are all the same, loving our children, no matter what.
This is a fabulous book. It’s bittersweet in that Darcy beat the odds and lived much longer than they anticipated, but she did end up dying fairly quickly, but not before they made a lifetime of memories. A touching book for any mother, I recommend it to all as a testament of God’s gift of life.
This book was provided for review by Tyndale.
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Carrie, Reading to Know
24 November 2009 at 5:56 PM (14 years ago)This sounds beautiful!
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