By Anita Krisik, September 2024
A life legacy is the positive impact that a person’s life has on others, and the things they leave behind that will last beyond their lifetime. It can include material items, such as money, possessions, or sentimental objects, as well as non-material things, such as memories, stories, and lessons learned.
The goal of a life legacy is to create a positive future for future generations, and to be celebrated even after our lifetime. Even the Lord promises to bless us with rewards in the hereafter for our generosity in this life.
My heart is warmed as I see my granddaughters taking after me (and come to think about it, my mother and grandmother before me) as they are diligent to make a homecooked dinner for their families to sit down together with each night, and as they express their creativity with sewing and other crafts.
But I nearly melted last month when I walked in on my oldest granddaughter and her 12 month old son watching praise music on YouTube. He was dancing and worshiping in his own way, totally enjoying himself in that moment.
All of us who contribute to the support of this ministry (office volunteers, staff, board members, donors, church liaisons, walkers, tablehosts) are making life legacies and those legacies are first of all the lives saved from the trauma of abortion. Next these lives get to express love, generosity, gratitude, and spiritual growth as we have.
In recent years Facebook has given me the opportunity to see the positive effects our ministry has made long term in the lives of the mothers who have come to us. Even if they move out of town, I have seen many of these children take their first steps, attend their first day of school, play sports, graduate high school and even have children of their own.
These life legacies grow exponentially as we have preserved faithfully together over the years to make the choice of life possible for women challenged by a crisis pregnancy in our community.