The Lost Child

By Alice Armstrong

THE LOST CHILD is the story of a twenty year old woman, by the name of Debra Van Camp, who is pressured by her boyfriend, David, to have an abortion; and how the shame and guilt of killing her own baby mars and scars the rest of her life. At the age of forty-three, she goes to the Evergreen Recovery Clinic seeking some peace for her tortured soul. At the clinic, she meets other ladies who, also, desperately regret their abortions. Through telling her story and hearing the other women tell theirs, Debbie finds the grace to begin to forgive herself and her husband, the man who pressured her to have the abortion. This is a story of great sadness and great victory. As Debra, finally after twenty-three years, finds a measure of peace and forgiveness. If you are pregnant and thinking about having an abortion--please read this book first. When a mother chooses an abortion a baby dies; but as a mother, you are also a casualty. These are the words of Debra Van Camp, "The day I killed my own baby is the day I became two totally different people. I don't know if a doctor would diagnose me with a split personality; but that is how I felt. There was my normal self, and this other evil person, I could not control. I almost never escape the shame and guilt over killing my own baby." These are the thoughts of Debra as she is about to enter the abortion clinic, "I hesitated at the door. I knew that I should not go in. I felt like I was being carried along by forces--I had no control over. At the counter, I paid the money that David had given me and felt cheap and dirty. Like a prostitute must feel, receiving money for sex."As I lay on the table with my legs in the stirrups, the doctor came into the examination room and never said a word to me. My heart was screaming--please don't kill my baby! "I wanted to grab my clothes and run out of that killing room; but I had put myself and my baby in the hands of this doctor, and I had no power to stop the event David and I had set in motion. "In the recovery room, while I waited to be discharged, I needed to cry; but could not shed any tears. I felt as empty and sad as anyone could be. My baby was no longer warm and protected in my womb. It was in the garbage--cold and dead."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521057095
• ISBN13: 9781521057094
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"