[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1561]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRECIOUS LITTLE SON

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
South Carolina (Mr. Norman) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. NORMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an exemplary 
citizen, Ms. Crystal Skidmore of West Virginia.
  Between 2000 and 2001, around 127,000 children were adopted in the 
United States, one of whom was Crystal's son whom she gave up for a 
better life. That same year, only 44 percent of the 3.1 million 
unintended pregnancies ended in birth.
  Instead of giving up hope and having an abortion, Crystal looked to 
Jesus and chose life for her child. To this day, she protects her son's 
name when she shares her story. But by the grace of God, she still has 
a close relationship with him and his adoptive family.
  Isaiah 40:31 reads: ``. . . but those who hope in the Lord will renew 
their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and 
not grow weary; they will walk and not grow faint.''
  She has described the miracle of her son in a poem she wrote, titled, 
``Precious Little Son.'' It goes like this:

     Today's the day that you were made
     A new life has been begun
     Within the womb inside of me
     My precious little son.
     From this first day you changed me
     Now through your eyes I see
     Do I want your eyes to look at
     The same things that I see?
     I look around at this world of mine
     In a way I have never done
     I think . . . Is it safe here
     For my precious little son?
     Sadly I know
     The answer is no
     So I drop down to my knees
     I cry as I ask Jesus
     Please help you and me.
     Where are the smiling faces
     For your new eyes to see?
     They are not here in my world
     If I die, they may never be.
     I can only protect you for a while
     While you are safe inside of me
     So I search for smiling happy faces
     For your brand-new eyes to see.
     Again I ask Jesus
     To help me find someone
     To love this life inside of me
     My precious little son.
     I know someone is waiting.
     God has chosen them
     To give you all the love you need
     And make you part of them.
     How I know you need them
     How they have prayed for you to come
     So they can share a part of their world with
     Their precious little son.
     I found the happy smiling faces
     That I want you to see
     And they can't wait to meet their son
     Who lives inside of me.
     Their world is so much brighter
     So I share my love for you
     With lots of happy smiling faces
     And they will let me love you too.
     I will always love you
     I want you to know
     You are in my heart forever
     You are everywhere I go.
     Now we wait on your arrival
     We can't wait for you to see
     How good it feels to share a love
     That only through God can be.
     Our happy smiling faces
     Stand together now as one
     To love this life inside of me
     Our precious little son.

  May God be with you.

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