| 00:00:00 | LIFE, WELL, THEN ADOPTION IS A BEAUTIFUL CHOICE AND WE NEED TO PURSUE MORE OPPORTUNITY IN THAT ARENA. |
| 00:00:12 | [ APPLAUSE ] SO EVEN IN LESS THAN IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THESE PRO-LIFE GROUPS ARE EMPOWERING WOMEN, LETTING THEM UNDERSTAND THAT, YEAH, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME HELP AND SOME SUPPORT AND RESOURCES OUT THERE FOR YOU IN ORDER TO GIVE YOUR CHILD LIFE. |
| 00:00:28 | AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE CHALLENGES IN LESS THAN IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES. |
| 00:00:32 | I'VE BEEN THERE. |
| 00:00:33 | YOU KNOW, I HAD NEVER ORDERED UP, PLANNED ON BEING THE POM OF A SON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT, OOH, YOU KNOW, GOD WILL NEVER GIVE ME SOMETHING THAT I CAN'T HANDLE AND WHEN I FOUND OUT AT ABOUT 12 WEEKS ALONG THROUGH AN ULTRASOUND THAT MY BABY WOULD BE BORN WITH DOWN SYNDROME, I THOUGHT IMMEDIATELY, OKAY, GOD, REMEMBER, YOU PROMISED THIS, YOU WILL NEVER GIVE US ANYTHING THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE. |
| 00:00:59 | I DON'T THINK I CAN HANDLE THIS. |
| 00:01:01 | THIS WASN'T PART OF MY LIFE'S PLAN. |
| 00:01:03 | I HAD NO IDEA HOW I WAS GOING TO HANDLE THE SITUATION IN RAISING A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD AS A VERY BUSY GOVERNOR, BUSY WITH FOUR OTHER KIDS, HUSBAND AWAY QUITE OFTEN, COMMERCIAL FISHINGING AND UP ON THE NORTH SLOPE IN THE OIL FIELDS WORKING THERE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CIRCUMSTANCES NOT -- AND NOT KNOWING IF MY HEART WAS READY, NOT KNOWING IF I WAS PATIENT AND NIR TURING ENOUGH. |
| 00:01:28 | MY SISTER HAS A CHILD WITH AUTISM AND WE'VE ALWAYS SAID, SEE, GOD KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, THE AUTISTIC CHILD WOULD BE FOR HEATHER MY SISTER HEATHER BECAUSE SHE IS THE MORE NURTURING ONE. |
| 00:01:39 | SHE'D BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS BUT WHEN TRIG WAS BORN THEN, I UNDERSTOOD THEN THAT, NO, GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND WHAT SEEMED LIKE -- WHAT WOULD BE SUCH A CHALLENGE HAS TURNED INTO OUR GREATEST BLESSING. |
| 00:01:54 | AND I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE WHISPERS IN MY EAR DURING -- AFTER THAT ULTRA SOUND AND THE WEEKS OF THE PREGNANCY, THE MONTHS OF THE PREGNANCY WAS, GOD KIND OF WHISPERING IN MY EAR SAYING, ARE YOU GOING TO TRUST ME? |
| 00:02:08 | AND, ARE YOU GOING TO WALK THE WALK OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO TALK THE TALK? |
| 00:02:13 | AND HE SO PREPARED MY HEART THOUGH I DIDN'T KNOW PREPARATION WAS EVEN BEING DONE IN OUR FAMILY AND IN MY HEART BUT THE MINUTE THAT TRIG WAS BORN AND THEY LAY HIM IN MY ARMS AND HE JUST KIND OF MELTED RIGHT ON INTO MY CHEST AND LOOKS UP AT ME AND IT WAS JUST LIKE HE IS SAYING, SEE, GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD AND, MOM, HE GAVE ME TO YOU AND HE GAVE YOU TO ME AND THIS IS GOING TO BE -- THIS IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL JOURNEY AND TRULY GOD IS SO OVERWHELMING US WITH JOY AND THE RECOGNITION OF HIS PERFECTION, TRIG'S PERFECTION HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT BLESSING AND I SO WANT TO HELP OTHER WOMEN WHO ARE IN THAT SITUATION THINKING THESE ARE LESS THAN IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES. |
| 00:02:57 | WHAT AM I GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS? |
| 00:02:59 | MAYBE I CAN CHANGE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES? |
| 00:03:00 | MAYBE THIS CAN ALL JUST GO AWAY AND WE'LL PRETEND IT NEVER HAPPENED. |
| 00:03:04 | I WANT TO ENCOURAGE THESE WOMEN, OH, MY GOODNESS, GIVE THIS LIFE A CHANCE. |
| 00:03:08 | YOU WILL BE BLOWN AWAY, OVERWHELMED. |
| 00:03:10 | YOUR LIFE WILL SO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER IN ALLOWING THE LIFE OF SOMEONE EVEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. |
| 00:03:20 | TODD AND I KNOW KNOW IN OUR FAMILY TRIG WILL TEACH US MORE THAN WE'LL EVER BE ABLE TO TEACH HIM. |
| 00:03:26 | HE ALLOWS SUCH AWESOME PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT REALLY MATTERS AND I THINK TOO IN THIS POLITICAL ARENA IS, OH, ALL THE STUFF ON THE PERIPHERY THAT JUST WASTES TIME, DOESN'T MATTER. |
| 00:03:38 | AT THE END OF THE DAY THE THINGS THAT ARE MAYBE SAID IN THE POLITICAL AND POLITICAL POT SHOT SHOTS, THEY DON'T AMOUNT TO A HILL OF BEANS WHEN TRIG IS THERE SHOWING US THIS GOLDEN HEART THAT I BELIEVE GOD WOULD WANT ALL OF US TO EMBRACE AND TO EMULATE WITH A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, I TELL YOU TRULY TRIG HAS BEEN THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME AND TO THE PALIN FAMILY. |
| 00:04:03 | YES. |
| 00:04:19 | [ APPLAUSE ] >> BLESS |
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