: Erik Gabrielson, Moira Petit
: Our Fear Never Sleeps Let Go to Fight for What's Possible
: Indie Books International
: 9781947480872
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Have you ever had something happen in your life that threw everything sideways? Where you didn't like any of the choices in front of you, creating an uncertain future? This dilemma is at the core of this remarkable and inspiring story by respected human potential coaches and couple Erik Gabrielson and Moira Petit. In 2007, Erik and Moira walked into a routine mid-term pregnancy ultrasound with great hope and excitement for the future. They left with a recommendation to end the pregnancy. Their unborn son's diagnosis of a likely fatal birth defect magnified their fears as first-time parents and forced them to examine their closely held beliefs. They go beyond their own personal story and dive into foundational principles and tools to support human potential. Expand your own personal awareness as you explore places fear may be getting in the way of what you care about most.
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Life Happens While Making Other Plans
Erik: The Diagnosis
My wife, Moira, and I thought it was just a routine mid-term pregnancy ultrasound. So far everything with the pregnancy had gone smoothly. We thought our biggest concern going into the ultrasound was whether or not we should find out the sex of our baby. Luckily, both of us agreed, we wanted it to be a surprise.
A vacation had pushed back our appointment a couple of weeks to December 26. As a result, Moira was over twenty weeks pregnant, the typical time to have a mid-term ultrasound.
We arrived at the appointment with great hope and excitement for the future.
We left with a recommendation from the doctor to end the pregnancy.
The lyrics of the 1980 song “Beautiful Boy,” written by John Lennon for his son Sean, contain the famous line, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.” That hard truth became suddenly apparent to us.
Little did we know that death would be part of our child’s life even before he was born.
A few days before the ultrasound appointment we had just arrived back home from two weeks in Mexico with Moira’s family in time to spend Christmas with my family. The trip to Mexico was an annual tradition, an escape from the holiday mayhem. I enjoyed arriving back home just as the pace of others was slowing down to enjoy the holidays.
This year was a little different than past years since Moira was pregnant with our first child. As we were lounging on the beaches of Isla Mujeres, Moira and I had extra time to think and talk about our new life as parents. We were excited, and as prospective parents, had no idea what was in front of us.
We made a commitment to each other that our lifestyle was not going to change much. We were still going to travel, and I was convinced I would continue skiing in the mountains as much as I wanted. Life was going to be great. It is only one kid we thought. We have the energy to do all of this.
As we walked into our ultrasound appointment, I was reflecting on how fortunate I was as my excitement about the future was grow