atheism and children

[AFTT47]

I have a daughter by accident. She was adopted as neither I nor my wife are suitable as parents.

Thank you for choosing adoption. I am sure your daughter is very grateful as well.

It was my wife's choice. She is one of the rare liberal, science-minded (degrees in zoology, biochemistry and nursing) persons who equates an early (prior to higher brain development) fetus with a human being. I simply respected her wishes.

My daughter has spinobifoda (incomplete spinal cord development) and the resultant hydrocephalus and non-functional legs. She was raised Mormon and buys into it fully. She gave birth to two children. The first was autistic (not dysfunctional, though) and the second was a major problem-pregnancy which endangered her life. It all turned out fine though with a normal birth.

Saying any of them are "grateful" is somewhat presumptuous but probably true at this juncture. We all have an innate fear of death and most of us seem to be glad for our existence, tenuous and problematic though it is.