Consecrated Children...Our Story

Let me start with a few words about why I have created this blog. Last spring I learned that my college-aged daughter had been "acquaintance raped." From a mother’s point of view, the unthinkable had happened--and there was more. My daughter had conceived as a result of the rape. We are committed Christians and value all life, from the moment of fertilization to the moment of natural death, so aborting this child was not an option. But there were some very difficult decisions that my daughter would have to make in the days ahead. Should she prosecute her attacker? Should she go back to school, and if so when? Should she place her child for adoption, or raise him/her?

After learning of my daughter’s plight, I moved to the community where she was attending school to help her through the difficult days ahead. In due time, she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl—my first grandchild and the first great grand child on both sides of the family, and decided to raise her. This child is delightful beyond words, and I am honored to be the one helping my young daughter raise her little girl.

As I have watched this precious person grow bigger each day, learn to smile and giggle, and hold her own rattle, I began to think about other people whose lives may have started as a result of rape. I began to do some research to learn of others and found that there is very little in print about these amazing children! Frederick Douglass, the famous American Abolitionist, was a product of rape…certainly there are more stories of triumph over tragedy like this.

So I have decided to collect stories of triumph—stories of women who conceived by rape and gave life to these precious beings, stories of these amazing persons who had NO control over their conception, stories of families who adopted a child who was conceived by rape, and stories of the siblings of children conceived as a result of a rape. These stories will eventually be collated into a book to be published.

Do you have a story you want to tell? Do you know of someone else who may be ready to share her story, or of a family who has been blessed by the selfless love of a woman who gave her child to them via adoption?

I would love to post photos here of my beautiful little granddaughter, but because we think my daughter’s attacker is still in our area, we are “laying low” for protection. Therefore, I am using a pen name and cannot post any of our photos. But maybe you have a picture you would like to post here, showing us the smiling face of a beautiful child who was given life, despite his/her traumatic start.

Please contact me with questions, stories, photos and links to other good sites that address this topic. You can post your comments on this blog or contact me at veronica.diego3@gmail.com

Peace and All Good~ Veronica Diego