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The title isn’t original–Edgar Allan Poe made it famous in 1843.Candy’s (name changed)  statement reminded me of Poe’s title. For several weeks she blocked the reality and the end result of her upcoming abortion-choice. Just like the narrator in Poe’s story, she claimed sanity. Candy’s sanity wasn’t so much in question as was her spiritual state. She said it…”I was denying that the ‘mass of tissue” in me was a human life.”

Then there was the “dumb” requirement.Candy had to endure a sonogram before getting rid of the problem. “Just a quick procedure and then we’ll proceed” the abortion nurse told her.

The beating heart…the part of the “mass of tissue” that was pulsing…regularly…strong…in tune with it’s Creator. it was the telltale heart. Then it was “the appendage.” Yes, the little part of the “mass of tissue” that said “It’s a boy!”

“You mean…I’ll be killing my son?” Candy asked in disbelief. Disbelief that she almost committed an act as inglorious as the narrator’s in Poe’s short story. In Poe’s story, the heart beats under the floorboards of the house until the narrator goes mad.

In Candy’s story, the narrator (Candy) realizes the power of the heart before she commits the tragic act of abortion. And then…Candy’s next series of choices…tell my parents…endure the barrage of hurtful words…make an adoption plan (adoption is a loving choice…a choice that both you and your child can live with)…meeting the adoptive parents…giving birth…crying…laughing…filled with joy…crying.

The telltale heart is still beating. It beats in the chest of a healthy little boy who was/is loved by two sets of parents…a birthparent set and an adoptive parent set. He is loved and he will love. His is the telltale heart in this story.

Candy is the hero!

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P.S. Thinking of what to do tonight? Abortion in Mississippi is not the answer that will bring peace. Adoption in Mississippi or anywhere in America will bring peace. Did you know that only the Prince of Peace can bring Peace? That’s another story. 800-264-2229 - BIRTHMOTHER HOTLINE.